eat. Live a balanced life. Learn awhile and think awhile, and draw and sing and dance and play and work awhile every day. Take a nap in the afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic […]
== 1 == ONE IS A BIG NUMBER == 1 == One song can spark a moment, One flower can wake the dream. One tree can start a forest, One bird can herald spring. One smile begins a friendship, One handclasp lifts a soul. One star can guide a ship at sea, One word can […]
Slow me down, Lord Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, amid the confusion of the day, the calmness of the everlasting hills. Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music […]
From: The Hug Junkie <> At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Jews were expelled from Spain. Many went to France, Germany, Greece, and some went to the Holy Land. Among them was Jacoby, a shoemaker by trade. Jacoby was a kind man; but most of all, Jacoby was a devout man. He went […]
There is a wonderful sermon written By Dr. Peter Marshall about a very rich man who opened his home one night to a group of down-and-outs. He called the message “By Invitation of Jesus.” If you ever get the chance to read it please do so. I want to talk about the moral of the […]
CREDIT Do you ever get the feeling as you watch TV or read the newspaper that no matter what you want to buy, it’s yours for the asking? That isn’t surprising because the objective of banks, finance institutions and major retail chains is to convince you that you don’t need cash. Instant credit is now […]
Read: Mark 6:1-6; 8:27-31 A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives. -Mark 6:4 It’s easy to be misunderstood. My wife and I still laugh about her first impressions of me when we were in college. She saw my natural shyness as aloofness. I think we’ve got that […]
Success is largely a matter of making wise choices. As F.W. Boreham said, “We make our decisions and then they make us.” That’s why every decision has an element of risk to it. We can’t always predict the outcome. Are you dealing with any difficult decisions these days? Try following these eight steps for decision-making […]
Read: Psalm 91 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. -Jeremiah 33:3 During World War II, a bomber pilot was flying on a mission when his plane was hit by antiaircraft fire, causing it to spin out of control toward the ocean […]
REFLECTIONS #205 “My best interest at heart.” Our verse is found in Psalms 34:7 “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” Yesterday, as I looked out my patio door, I saw a cat, creeping slowly, and ever so carefully, toward a little bird, that was picking up […]