When someone asks us to guard something of value to them, they might exhort us to make sure we don’t take our eyes off it for even a moment. Therefore, whether we stand or sit, our eyes remain glued to whatever it might be until they … [Read more...] about ATTENTIVENESS! (Part 2 of 3)
Health
STOP TO LISTEN!
Following the losses Job had experienced and then with the second blow to his own personal health, he had friends who came to comfort him. These friends quietly sat with him -- “no one spoke a word to him” -- for seven days because of his great suffering. (Job 2:13) At the end of those first seven days, … [Read more...] about STOP TO LISTEN!
ACT AND ATTITUDE! (Part 5)
There are acts we do where attitude is important in sustaining those actions on an ongoing basis. Are we maintaining the proper attitude for living and interacting as we ought? Consider this. How would my wife feel if I said to her, “I told you I loved you when we … [Read more...] about ACT AND ATTITUDE! (Part 5)
FORTY YEARS!
Moses lived to be one hundred twenty years old, and even at that age was noted as having eyes that had not dimmed and vigor that had not diminished. (Deuteronomy 34:7) In view of his life, it is interesting how Moses’ life story was divided into three forty year periods. He spent his first forty in Egypt (Acts … [Read more...] about FORTY YEARS!
OUR APPETITE!
For what do we have an appetite? Are there some things we just cannot stomach? Are there some things for which we hope to never develop a taste? Many in this world eat up and digest that which is unwholesome and unhealthy for life. In some ways the world has become skilled in taking what is rotten and mixing in enough goodness to … [Read more...] about OUR APPETITE!