Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. My new home has a garden that has been neglected for some time. The mint has overtaken it. Before we moved I cleared out some of it so I could bring some perennials from my old garden but I’ve been…
Read MoreOne of the things that God has taught me as I have studied the scriptures is that there aren’t enough good works to be done to get me or anyone else into heaven. Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is…
Read MoreI want to tie together three recent incidents. 1. The Girl. I saw one of the young twenty-something women from our church right after her day at work. She was dressed in a very worldly way – short-shorts and a very low-cut shirt – showing too much for a nightclub no less her place…
Read MoreI remember when my daughter was in college and was being trained to be a Resident Assistant in the dorms. She called me one night and said they had been doing role-plays of possible dorm situations. She said, “Mom, I have no mercy!” (The apple didn’t fall far from the tree!) I asked her…
Read MoreIt happened again yesterday. We’ve been living in our new house for just about three weeks. We moved from an urban setting in Reading, Pa. to a suburb. In that three weeks countless people have said, “I’m so glad you’re out of the city!’ Each time it breaks my heart. We spent the last…
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