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, 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 ...
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 ...
How about those prayer warriors, even if we can’t hope to measure up?
She’s taught the nursery class for twenty years? I’m not sure I could do twenty minutes.
I can’t resist coffee … I ...
Motivation.
It’s what causes us to get out of bed in the mornings.
Without motivation, we’d have no reason to brush our teeth, prepare breakfast, get our children to school on time. We’d ...
Springs.
How do they work? What happens before the “boing” that closes the door, retracts the pen, moves the second hand, or launches the pogo stick?
How does a Slinky walk down the stairs or ...
Walk a freshly tilled garden. Barefoot. Let your toes feel the rich soil, so tender and soft.
Then dig your feet in. Enjoy the warmth of the earth as it wraps your skin.
Or walk along the beach and ...
Becoming a Christian is easy.
After all, salvation comes by grace. We ask and it is ours.
However, the life we lead afterwards can be challenging to get right. What does God expect from the changed ...
Powerstroke.
The Ford Motor Company uses this word to describe its most powerful truck engine.
Legendary, so Ford claims.
As one 2006 commercial says, “The most capable pickup in ...
Picture this:
A young man climbs on the roof of a church, and he carries a bucket and a mop.
On the roof? We want to call to him, “Get down! That’s unsafe!”
Yet, he continues upward, reaches ...
Bulking up is a sports concept.
Muscles, that sort of thing. Increasing our strength so that we can do amazing things that few others can.
Here’s how it’s done in the sports world:
Eat the ...
Heartguard.
Two words put together to form a fresh meaning.
Heart: the most intimate part of who we really are; our true self; the seat of our emotions and desires
Guard: to protect, to shield, to ...
Legend carries two meanings:
1. a story with no proof
2. an extremely famous person
Let’s look at the second of these. For example: “The man was a living legend.”
Think of the mighty ...
