Proverbs 19:3 A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the LORD. Have you ever noticed how other people, certainly not you or I, but other people want to avoid taking responsibility for their decisions? They can be standing there with the piston in their hand, gun residue on their clothing, cellContinue reading “Misplaced Anger”
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Faith
Romans 4:4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. I have one grandson of my six grandsons who has discovered the joy of faith. Let me explain. He is twelve. He offers his services to his neighbors, cutting grass, pulling weeds, walking pets, just aboutContinue reading “Faith”
65,000
Judges 20:46 On that day twenty-five thousand Benjamite swordsmen fell, all of them valiant fighters. Wars don’t make sense. This link will take you to a video that visually represents the numbers of deaths by country for WWII. Eighty five million people died as a result of that single war. 85,000,000. That is about threeContinue reading “65,000”
How to raise a child!
Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death. The last couple of generations have been ones of over-indulgence of kids by parents. Will all the best intentions we have raised spoiled brats. Or at least our friends and neighbors have. We certainly didn’tContinue reading “How to raise a child!”
Incentive!
Judges 16:5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.” HaveContinue reading “Incentive!”
Response
Judges 13:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. I love the give and take in life. The ebbs and flows of season and weather, busyness and tranquility, empty and full. If all of life was theContinue reading “Response”
Miry Depths
Psalm 69:1-2 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold.I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. But in the age of AI, how can we know if theContinue reading “Miry Depths”
Daily Burdens
Psalm 68:19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. I don’t know about you, but so many people feel like they are alone, like no one really knows them, understands them. In fact, loneliness has such a negative effect on health, that it has been studied. Loneliness isContinue reading “Daily Burdens”
Our Purpose
Psalm 67:1-2 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us–so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. People often make finding God’s will for their lives a difficult journey, needlessly. God’s will is plain. There are few complications. The problem weContinue reading “Our Purpose”
Strange Tradition
Judges 11:39 After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin. From this comes the Israelite tradition… I heard the story of a family that would purchase a very nice cut of roast beef, and then they would cut half of itContinue reading “Strange Tradition”
The Arnold Journey 