“Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.” Rom. 14:4 Years ago, a friend and I spent many hours a week walking in our small town. Trying to reduce…
Read moreMost definitions include references such as; achieving goals, acquiring wealth, prestige, favors, and power. “Successful” people often enjoy what is called “the good life”-being financially and emotionally secure, and being surrounded by admirers as they enjoy the fruits of their labors. Often they are leaders, shakers and makers, and trendsetters. …
Read more“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jer. 17:9 I began yesterday so energetically. I arose two hours sooner in preparation for resuming home school. I enjoyed my morning devotional and hit the walking trail shortly after sun up. I had energy…
Read moreI truly enjoy the variety of fruits that are available during the summer months. Grapes, berries, apples, bananas, peaches, plums, pears, kiwis, bananas, watermelon, mangos to name just a few. The colors and smells of the produce aisle or farm stand are so inviting. Paul talks about fruit in Galatians 5:22-23.…
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I love the Book of Acts, full of drama, history, theology. In Chapter 17, one of my favorite chapters, Paul delivers a powerful message in Athens. Paul fled to Athens because the Thessalonian rabble-rousers started to agitate the Bereans. Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Berea until Paul’s other travelmates came…
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