Got a Grateful Heart?
If anyone knew what suffering was like, it was this man. For months, his home had been a dark, cramped jail cell inside a Roman prison. He had nowhere to sleep but a hard stone floor. And the manacles and chains that were once just a nuisance now cut into his wrists and legs. Brutally […]
Beware of the Driftwood
Driftwood is remains of trees in whole or part that have been washed into the ocean from flooding or high winds. The EPA states “never burn in your wood burning appliances any driftwood, due to release of toxic chemicals when burned.” Driftwood is mainly ornamental. Can we become spiritual driftwood, ending up just ornamental? Some […]
The Gratitude Attitude
One definition of attitude is “the manner, disposition, feeling, position …; tendency or orientation, especially of the MIND.” So, what is the believer’s ‘manner, disposition, feeling, position ….; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind’- toward our circumstances supposed to be? I believe the context for gratitude for a believer is grounded in the following […]
The One Who Goes Before Me
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together- Colossians 1:17 An image was painted in my mind’s eye while reading this passage recently. Within my imagination I was on a hazardous trail that appeared to be curving up and around a mountain. Nervous and afraid, not knowing what was ahead, […]
A Favorite Verse Revisited
Philippians 4:4-8 is one of my favorite scriptures. I have heard it countless times throughout my life and have committed it to memory as well. Sometimes, when I read something so many times, it becomes mechanical and does not evoke the reflection that I desire when I read God’s Word. Does that ever happen to […]