Momentary Grace
God gives us grace for what we need at the time we need it. There are things I cannot do apart from the grace He supplies. When the apostle Paul begged God three times to remove a “thorn in his…
Heart Failure
The human heart is a phenomenal mechanism! We are shocked when someone young and athletic has heart failure. But I am amazed that it doesn’t happen more often to more people. How does this little organ keep going when so…
All Questions Are Good
You are probably familiar with the saying, “There are no dumb questions.” I’d go a step further and say that all questions are good. It’s wise to ask questions. It proves you are thinking. I ask questions to make people…
But God (8)
Epistles are letters, and the apostle Paul wrote a lot of them. Some of his harshest criticisms and most beautiful words are in his first epistle to the Corinthian believers. They were having trouble with envy, strife, and divisions. Does…
A Hiding Place
Remember when we were kids and played the game Hide and Seek? It was always a challenge to see who could find the best hiding place. Now that you are grown up, do you ever wish you could run away…
The Bottom Line – 2nd Verse
When I thought of the idea of “The Bottom Line,” I checked my past blogs and sure enough, there was already one there by that title. (Check out the one written on September 24, 2020.) And sure enough, the bottom…
Praying
Isn’t it amazing that we can stay connected with people all over the world via satellite? How anyone figured out how to build something like that and launch it into the heavens is beyond me! Do you realize, though, that…
Waiting
Waiting…waiting…waiting. It seems like we have to do too much of that in life. It’s not one of my favorite pastimes. How about you? I’ve often wished that I had a penny for every minute that I’ve waited for my…
But God (7)
Have you ever questioned God? Questioned what He was doing or what He was allowing to happen? Of course, we all have. But no one has ever had more reason to do so than Joseph. We’ve talked about his story…
Deterrents
No, I didn’t misspell detergents. I mean deterrents - something that prevents, checks, or suppresses. Something or someone that discourages people from doing something. This may sound strange, but my children and grandchildren are my deterrents. From time to…