Craving what others have blinds one to the riches they possess.Dad introduced me to him. He called him the green-eyed monster and warned me about the consequences of letting him catch me. To a young boy, the idea of a real monster was extremely frightening. I...
If you have ever driven in the mountains on a cool, Autumn morning then you know what FOG is. I was rounding a curve today and drove right into a sea of this fog. I quickly slowed down and turned on my low beam headlights. Seeing the road ahead was now a struggle. The...
It happened to me again the other day. I was shopping for groceries in a local store getting stocked up for the next Winter storm that was coming. Apparently everyone else had that idea as well, because the store was far more crowded than usual. Every aisle I pushed...
“Can you think of anything we can sell,” I asked my wife.“The only thing I can think of,” she responded, is my….”Christmas 2013 was shaping up to be the leanest Christmas season my wife and I had experienced since we married. Gifts were purchased from places we...
"Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh." (Luke 6:21b, NIV2)We all go through times when we can't help but weep. A loved one passes away, a friend ends up divorced, an acquaintance is transported to a hospital, or your children are leaving home to attend...
Hebrews 13:5 "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." NIV My five pound Yorkshire terrier, Sienna made me laugh the other day when I glanced up and saw her...
Can a Church Go Through Extreme Suffering? A Study Through the 7 Churches of RevelationAgain I would like to encourage pastors and members alike to consider your church in the light of the seven churches portrayed in the book of Revelation. Compare yourself to these...
