Thoughts

Sunday, August 31, 2003 In the United States, this is Labor Day weekend—the unofficial end of summer. It’s time to get back to the normal routine of school and work and many churches will be starting up their fall programs. Summer is a good time to take vacations, to relax and take it easy, but…

Thursday, July 31, 2003 Yesterday, several children were around me at different times of the day. They were of different ages and you can see how they mature. The oldest that came is 9 and the youngest just turned 3. There are behaviors we expect from a nine-year-old that we would never expect from a…

Saturday, May 31, 2003 God forgives me repeatedly! I will have to admit that I am human. Don’t think that I am making excuses, I am just explaining to you that I am human. As a human I am quite capable of doing things that are wrong and I am capable of doing them quite…

Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Marriage is obviously difficult for a lot of people. There are many reasons for failed marriages but one that has recently caught my attention is probably not often thought about. Many men love to do little things for their wives, to buy them special things from time to time. But some…

Monday, March 31, 2003 What is the distance from your knees to the floor? Eighteen inches? Twenty-two inches? How far is it? The distance from your knees to the floor is determined by the depth of your pride! -Lyn Sahr -Ps 95:1-7 NIV Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout…

Monday, June 30, 2003 People often shut God out of their lives. It sure seems like a senseless thing but many people are not too interested in having God shed light on their life because light exposes truth. And many people have a lot of lies they have been telling themselves for years pent up…

Friday, February 28, 2003 The Good News is the good news and it is the good news to everyone, regardless of status or social standing. When God sent Jesus He sent Him to seek and to save that which was lost. Not just the rich, not just the poor, not just the middle-class. All of…

Friday, January 31, 2003 The Gospel creates peace in the world by creating peace in the human heart. We are commanded to love our enemies and forgive those that hurt us. Jesus willingly submitted to crucifixion rather than resisting though he could have summoned armies of angels to his defense. God is love, and his…

Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:56 P.M., 11:57 P.M., 11:58 P.M., 11:59 P.M…. and another year is gone. I haven’t accomplished everything I wanted in 2002 but I just couldn’t stop time and 2003 is moments away. We pay little attention to the value of time, the speed in which it moves, how little of it…

Saturday, November 30, 2002 I wrote this poem for a seventeen-year-old who was questioning the reason for her existence. Have you ever just taken time to thank God for making you, you. A unique individual, warts and all? God created you for a reason, you are not an accident you were designed by the creator…