Bad for Our Bodies Good for Our Souls
September 5, 2024 by admin
Filed under Life Topics
The recent elections in Iran have fomented a burgeoning revolution of people standing up against government corruption. On the political level, it is a power play over who’s in control. On the popular level, Iran is crossing a threshold of what people there are willing to put up with, and the implications for the whole Middle East, and indirectly for all of us, could be huge.
Lifted Up
In James 4:10, we’re told, “When you bow down before the Lord and admit your dependence on Him, He will lift you up and give you honor.”Does that mean that if I just humble myself, my day will come? The promotion for which I was passed over will one day be mine? The house-of-many-problems will turn into my dream house? I’ll get to fly First Class, for once?
In the Image of God
September 2, 2024 by admin
Filed under Personal Growth
Slamming the front door, I'd march into the house shouting, "I hate you!” My sweet, even-tempered mother would calmly walk into my room, and say, "Now Cheri, I can see you are angry, but you really don't hate anyone. You may dislike or even hate what they do, but you don't hate them. After all, they, too, were created by God.” I hated that. She was right, but when you are really angry, it takes all of the punch out of your anger to admit you loved the person God created, but not who they have become. There are a lot of people today who fall into this category. They no longer are the people God created them to be. Some are even downright evil, yet we know from Scripture, God created everyone to live in union with Him. So how do we stop evil from overcoming the world, from overcoming us? I believe we begin with this premise, and then teach it to our children, and their children, and their children's children—that everything was and everyone is created by God.
Tour Bus Perspective
Perspective. It’s all in the way you look at something. In most of life’s circumstances we have the choice to look at something negatively or positively. Sort of like the glass half full/half empty train of thought.
Sticks and Stones
What if we were given an assignment to create fresh “old” adages? New famous old sayings.
Sticks and stones may break my bones…but they can also make a lovely centerpiece, according to HGTV.
