Explosions can be destructive or constructive.
We can explode ordnance by triggering the detonation cord. The ordnance goes boom, and there’s not much left to pick up or sort through.
However, an ...
What trips you up in life?
What do you stumble over that you never seem to see coming?
What are the stones that bite into your feet when you try to walk the path that God has set before ...
Honestly now, who are you?
That charming church member who greets everyone warmly at the church door? Are you the same when your spouse walks through the door after work?
You’re generous when the ...
What do you want out of your life?
A spouse? A more luxurious home? A more powerful car? Perhaps a beach house for gathering as a family?
Or is your focus on financial security? Early retirement? ...
Biblical principles … they work for everyone, correct?
I mean, if they work for the saint and sinner alike, why bother with the Jesus part? Just practice them and go live like we want.
Wouldn’t ...
Visit the mountains in winter. Get out of your car and walk the trails. You may have to push snow aside with your foot, but plunge into it. Forge forward with gusto.
That sounds wonderful to winter ...
What does the church tell us we are to do?
Give lots of cash. Teach a Sunday school class. Take a missions trip each year. Show up each time the pastor decides to schedule a revival.
What about ...
Tears.
Sometimes they are a good thing. They allow us to sort out our emotions or navigate a difficult situation.
The other side of tears, however, is more complicated. Once the tears have dried, ...
Honor. What does it mean? To hold in high regard, to respect, to do nothing that sheds a bad light on someone or something.
The opposite is dishonor, or to bring shame. To discredit the good someone ...
So, the rain is falling again.
We feel the frown on our forehead coming on.
The gathering clouds may be ones of finances, relationships, or spiritual struggles. We can repeat all the promise verses ...
Throw a handful of seeds in a barren field. Just chuck them out there.
What results do you think you’ll see?
Not much. However … place those seeds in a favorable location, and likely most of ...
If you want to grow tulips, you must first plant tulip bulbs.
Sink a gladiola bulb in the soil, and you won’t get tulips.
A pine nut … nope.
A watermelon seed, sorry.
Corn kernel, acorn, or ...
So, what’s life done to you?
How bad is it?
We might complain that life beats us up, but a mirror can many times be the best way to find out who’s at fault. The answer often hits closer to home ...
