Is Contentment Just One Step Away?
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it”— 1 Timothy 6:5-7(NIV). Picking up the raggedy teddy bear, the elderly woman clutched it to her chest. “I need him!” she exclaimed to her companion, also elderly, and leaning on a cane. “Put him down Sophie,” she said. “He’s a mess and only has one eye.” Holding out the stuffed animal to examine him, Sophie said to the bear, “Oh, I know how you feel, you poor thing.” Drawing him to her chest, she wrapped both arms around …
Just Gotta Have It
In Dr. Gregg Jantz’s book, “Gotta Have It!” he writes, “Too many people spend so much time trying to get what they want that they have no energy left to get what they need.”
Do You Know How Rich You Are?
Before I could hand him the $10 bill I had grabbed from my billfold, the light turned green. As the older man struggled to rise to his feet, I resisted the urge to tell him to hurry up.
What is Your Greatest Fear?
According to Google, the number one fear researched is “fear of death.” This ultimate fear is a normal human reaction.
What does it Really Mean to Live?
“It’s the paradox of the gospel.” There is, however, always the element of contradiction in a paradox, something that just doesn’t seem to make sense.
The Best Sermons are Lived
Sharing the Living Water with another lost soul is better than any well-preached sermon. The barefooted, sheet-clad man just might agree.
Finding the Beauty in Each Season
Just as there are seasons of planting, cultivating, reaping and waiting before the next sowing, it takes different seasons in our lives for God to mold us into the person He wants us to be.
It’s All About that Grace
If there had been a button to push, I would have pounded it with my fist. Yes, I was in a hurry. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been eating fast food for breakfast.
How’s Your Spiritual Eyesight?
“Listen, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but don’t see and ears but don’t hear”—Jeremiah 5:21(CEB). Around age 10, I was diagnosed with extreme nearsightedness and astigmatism. I began wearing eyeglasses, the kind some call “Coke-bottle glasses.” In the 60s, technology hadn’t advanced to the point where people like me could wear glasses so thin you’d never know the extent of someone’s eyesight problems. Mine were serious. I recall getting my first pair of glasses. After putting them on at the doctor’s office, I arrived home where I exclaimed to my mother, “I didn’t know our kitchen floor …