I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 I write notes to myself all the time. Often it is just some ditty I heard that struck me at the time and so I write it down for when…
Read MoreTeach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. Psalm 119:66 As I was reading this morning’s newspaper I was reminded of an experience I had many years ago in a PTA meeting at our children’s elementary school. The Reading School District was considering going to uniforms and the meeting was…
Read MoreDo not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words. Proverbs 23:9 I must confess that I can be judgmental. In our culture judging others is considered to be a major social offense and an abomination of good religious behavior. Sometimes I get excused…
Read MoreShe looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. (28) Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. Proverbs 31:27-28 Matthew 14 describes a really ugly family situation. King Herod has taken his brother’s wife, Herodias, as his own wife. …
Read MoreYet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and since he had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever. 2 Chronicles 21:7 Dale Ralph Davis is a Bible commentator with very interesting perspectives. For instance,…
Read MoreAnd the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ Matthew 25:40 I think it was about two years ago that I had a conversation with a friend as we were walking. My daughter and son-in-law…
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