From the Heart: Our Inner Struggles

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. — Romans 8:38-39

Thursday Thoughts: Take Courage!

We often think of courageous people as those who have performed great or heroic deeds.  This is how the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz viewed courage.  What he failed to realize though (as do we sometimes) was he had the qualities of being courageous within himself the whole time.  Webster’s defines courage as, [...]

Thursday Thoughts: Learn From Me

When I consider the problems of life or a particular issue that is threatening the body of Christ I tend to attack that problem and feel like I must overcome this problem myself. I have learned that this generally causes me to labor and become heavy laden and I have little rest. It is not until I “learn from Jesus” to be gentle and lowly in heart and come to Jesus with my problems that I find rest and my approach to these problems takes a different direction.

Thursday Thoughts: Stand Fast

Paul tells the brethren to stand fast in their faith, to be united, supporting each other, rejoicing in the Lord, being kind to all men, trusting God with everything, filling their minds with things that were good and to follow Paul’s example. If they would do these things and if we would do these things we can stand fast in Christ.

Thursday Thought: Guard Thy Soul

In the year 2009 my mother moved to Georgia from Texas.  She lived alone and I was more comfortable with her being closer to family in the event she might need assistance.  During this time I have had the opportunity to drink coffee with her each morning and to talk about many things from the [...]

Thursday Thoughts: Christians and the “A” Word

I read a depressing article this week.  The following are excerpts, but you can read the entire article here. According to the U.S .Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, there were 846,181 abortions in the U.S. in 2006, the latest year for which government records are available. The pro-abortion rights Alan Guttmacher Institute reports [...]

Thursday Thoughts: The Problem of Time

In classroom number one, we have been studying “The Christian’s Everyday Problems”.  This past week we looked at the problem of time. I don’t know of anyone who has not had problems with the use of time.  Time is not an easy thing to define.  It is often defined as a measurement of duration. Time [...]

Thursday Thoughts: Remember the Washcloths

Every year my children’s school has what we call an “angel tree”.  This tree allows needy families from our school community to have their needs met through other families at the school who are in a position to help.   For every family that makes a request, a small paper tree ornament is tied to a [...]