"The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences." Proverbs 18:21 NLT I never know what will come out of my oldest grandson's mouth.Near the beginning of summer, he developed a case of strep throat. My wife and I noticed a rash on...
The tongue has no eraser, and mine just wrote a gang of words I wished I could expunge.I was new to the local town, having temporarily moved back in with my parents while I searched for employment. One of the area's popular attractions on Saturday morning was the...
What I possess cannot be measured with monetary figures.A person living in a poverty stricken third world country might look at what I possess and classify me a rich man. By the normal American standard, however, I dangle barely above the poverty level. I have a...
"The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death itself stared me in the face." 2 Samuel 22:6 NLTShe lay quietly on her bed…pale…yellow…a picture of death.Though uncommon in their historical time period, both of my parents came from families with only two children. Mom...
"So the sun stood still and the moon stayed in place until the nation of Israel had defeated its enemies." Joshua 10:13 NLTWhat could I do with an extra day?Almost every four years, an extra day is added to February. More than 2,000 years ago, Roman general Julius...
What shocks me doesn't come as a surprise to God."Then the LORD said to Samuel, 'I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.'" I Samuel 3:11 NLTForty is the age most men and women don't enjoy reaching. Fifty has become the new 40, but when I turned 40 it was the...
"Take your son, your only son…and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you." Genesis22:2 NLTLife is fickle. Just when I think I've figured it out, I experience or witness something that makes no apparent sense. Like recently....