Correct with Respect
For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Matthew 12:34b I recently became a customer of an organization that requires my regularly going to someone’s house to pick up my purchases. Twice I have received from the local representative an angry email regarding pick up protocol. I was certainly relieved when…
Read MorePlant Thick and Feed
I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. Psalm 119:16 When we lived in the city of Reading we had a neighbor who was a horticulturalist by profession. He was one of those great neighbors who would do anything for you and he felt really sorry for me and my…
Read MoreLooking Under the Covers
I often pray for God to give me good illustrations and applications for something I am writing. Illustrations help to get a point across that may be difficult to grasp. Yesterday, He gave me an illustration to increase my own understanding. There is a couple in our church who are actively working with a…
Read MoreOur Inconvenient Kids
Kids can be a real inconvenience. When all we want to do is get a job done When we want to read in peace so we can grasp whatever we’re trying to understand When we want to get in and out of a store at lightning speed When we want to get from the…
Read MoreAn Act of God
Plead with the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. Exodus 9:28a Twelve minutes of hail. This was no ordinary hail, golf balls and rocks coming from the heavens with a force I had never seen before. My car was totaled but it was in good shape compared to many…
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