Independence Day
Tomorrow is July 4th! It is a day set aside, each year, to celebrate our independence as a nation. The freedoms enjoyed by the citizens of the United States of America are guaranteed in writing by our Constitution, and are the envy of much of the world. Without question, there are many who oppose our country, even to the point of hatred and attempts to destroy it, either openly or overtly, through the use of weapons and fear. At the...
Freedom
Bar-b-ques, fireworks, and bug spray mark the celebration of independence today. Our modern celebrations do not do justice to the sacrifice so many have paid in order to provide for the freedoms that often we take for granted. I believe that is right and proper to celebrate the freedoms that we have in this blessed country. I salute the men and women who have served this country, protected it’s borders and citizens, even fought...
The Fifth Sparrow
There is a lot of talk today about a person’s worth. What is your net worth? At tax time, many look through their files, counting up their expenses, measuring what to do with their wealth and trying to come up with a bottom dollar value of their worth. But your value is so much more than your bottom line or being in the black. Matthew told us that he could purchase two sparrows for a farthing (Matt. 10:29). Where Luke shopped,...
Seasons Change
Falling leaves amaze me, as do budding flowers, an open rose, and the first snow flakes. It seems I find myself behind the steering wheel of my vehicle several times a year with these words on my lips, “How do you do it, God?†As tears come to my eyes a sweet spirit surrounds me and a knowledge comes to me that simply says this: He’s got it all in control. Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving: sing praises upon the harp unto our...
Shaking the Foundation
The other day, I sat down at my desk and began to read in the book of Acts in chapter 16 when the Phillipian jailer got saved. I began to ponder verse 26: “Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.” Wow! Most theologians use these verses to emphasize that Paul and Silas continued to pray and...
The Way God Works
The sequence of God’s creation is an interesting thing to ponder. To consider the process He works within to bring about his purpose. There seems to be a universal law of ?process? that God has confined Himself to. He first creates a void, a vessel, a vacuum and then fills it with his unfolding plan. In creating the Heaven and the earth, notice the progression… “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth....
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