Lord Jesus, give me the dependence and trustfulness and humility of a child, the wisdom of a serpent, and the innocence of a dove. “And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, ‘Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you shall not enter […]
When it comes to stocks and bonds, the market continually makes the trader/investor an offer. If you say no, it just comes right back with another offer. If you say no again, it just comes right back with yet another one, and so on, and so on, ad infinitum. And that’s EXACTLY how it is […]
I live in the city. And thoroughly enjoy it. Not that I wouldn’t also enjoy living by the ocean (beach!) or in a suburb or near mountains, but for now, the Lord has placed me in the city. And I live right by a major highway and hear the hum of vehicles driving by all […]
I have to admit that 99.9% of Bible passages make me happy. No, thrilled. They literally breathe new life into me. But there is a stark exception: Luke 17:11-19 Jesus healed ten lepers. Leprosy is like no other disease. It was so bad that those stricken by it were forced to dwell outside of the […]
I went for a walk yesterday. After a stretch of glorious autumn weather, the forecast was calling for the remnants of another hurricane from the Gulf Coast to make its way up to my neck of the woods, but I was hoping to get my errand in before that happened. As I was walking, the […]
I love the hymns of old in particular. So many are chock full of theological truths straight out of Scripture, both simple and profound. I have far too many favorites to list them here but one of them is How Great Thou Art, made famous and a household humming fave by its pervasive use in […]
More and more with each passing week it seems, there are countless videos which have gone viral showing people in the act of not just committing crimes but indeed unthinkable, unimaginable atrocities against their fellow citizens, including kicking them in their heads, knocking them unconscious, beating them to the point of death and a recent […]
It rained in my city all last night and all this morning. The lingering vestige of what was a hurricane when it hit land on the Gulf Coast a few days ago. Drenched. But as is always the case, eventually, around noon today, the Sun shone down its powerful beams on the ground and guess […]
Amid the ongoing pandemic, there’s constant chatter about and hope abounds for a cure or vaccine. People are at the point that even so-called “herd immunity” would be welcome. But the thought that just occurred to me is that what I’d really really really like to be IMMUNE from is DISPLEASING GOD. A spiritual vaccine […]
I’m starting a new series of posts, since there are multiple (two) subjects for this Part 1 and will undoubtedly be many more as I progress in my life goal of memorizing the ENTIRE Bible so a series seems seriously fitting. Per the previous post from earlier today, this morning I was reciting the third […]