I sometimes get a kick out of the charged words used in advertising. It seems that if the expression “super duper” (or similer expressions) is used, the product just has to be greater and more powerful than any other. It is the “super duper” that can handle the “super duper” blemishes, marks, and messes encountered in … [Read more...] about SUPER DUPER!
Grace
DULY THANKFUL!
I may need to watch it again because I don’t remember much about the movie “Shenandoah” (1965), but I have never forgotten the scene of the family around the dinner table saying grace led by Charlie Anderson (played by one of my favorite actors, Jimmy Stewart). This is the prayer: “Lord, we cleared this land. We … [Read more...] about DULY THANKFUL!
GOD TIME IS GOOD TIME!
“Time” can be a strange thing. It appears to go fast when we want it to go slow and seems to go slow when we want it to go fast. Though time is nothing to God (i.e. 2 Peter 3:8) -- He being eternal -- our lives seem to be so connected with it. That is why we wear watches, glance at clocks throughout the day, and mark our … [Read more...] about GOD TIME IS GOOD TIME!
WRONG CONCLUSION, SAME NEED!
It is far too easy to jump to the wrong conclusions as we look at our own situation and the situation of others. Like Job’s friends, we need to be careful of drawing the conclusion only good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. Perhaps the “why” of some circumstances may never be answered, but we must guard … [Read more...] about WRONG CONCLUSION, SAME NEED!
IN ALL HONESTY!
In all honesty, what keeps us honest? Is it because we have chosen to be? Is it because we’re afraid of being caught if we are otherwise? Are we motivated to be honest simply because it is right? Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (188-217 AD), an emperor of Rome from 211-217, made the following … [Read more...] about IN ALL HONESTY!
