When people rile us, it is easy to vent at them with the taunt, “Turnabout is fair play.” At other times, we jokingly tease, suggesting that a prank is on the way.
What we mean is that we now ...
Living from day to day can become tedious. We get up and go to work, come home and fix dinner, and then we still have to find time to mow the yard.
When is there ever time for us?
God wishes us to ...
Summer is for all things outdoors. Whether enjoying picnics, swimming in the creek, or playing BASEBALL, these activities imbue us with life.
Our God gives us the entire summer season to enjoy his ...
Things we are invested in excite us. When the local football team comes on the field, we stand and cheer. Our grandson takes his first steps, and we hoot and holler. We have an emotional connection, ...
We live in a world that can be cruel and vindictive. The heat of the daily grind bakes our skin, and we become exhausted.
However, God wishes to offer us the sweet savor of his presence. He comes to ...
There’s no doubt that parenting is hard. Elisha Beach at The Huffington Post says there are days his kids “push every button, break every rule and ignore every word” he says to them. Rheana ...
Water is a requirement for survival. Our very existence is dependent on it. We collect it in lakes, store it in towers, and pump it through piping to our homes and offices.
We can send water ...
Good company. Friendship. Camaraderie. Being around people we enjoy, those we have something in common with.
We tend to gravitate to those who share similar interests with us. It gives us a way to ...
A bright summer morning under a blue sky gives us the perfect opportunity to spend time in God’s creation and reflect on him.
A PICNIC is the perfect time to do so. Our food is prepared ahead of ...
By the time of the American Revolution, many of the great wartime artillery pieces we are now familiar with were commonplace. Short cannons, called mortars, and the long guns we picture as cannons ...
It’s a mountain climbing thing. Also, anyone who travels to the poles. Spend the winter in Antarctica, and we can expect it there.
When we get too close to the cold, and we aren’t well enough ...
It’s the darkest hours that come in the heat of the battle that tempt us to throw in the towel. However, when the heat is on, it’s ICE CREAM that we need.
Let’s look at our ICE CREAM God:
I ...
A Chinese proverb says you must befriend an enemy in order to win the battle.
That’s man’s way of thinking. To win in the spiritual realm, we must befriend God, for he is at the head of our ...
