How many among us think that we are not worthy to be healed? "I don't deserve to be healed". "I am no good." "Why would God care for me?"The dad of that poor demonic boy also had his doubts: "But if you can do anything, take pity of us and help us." (Mark 9:22b)Did...
"But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless-like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere." Ecclesiastes 2:11 NLT"One man's trash is another man's treasure."My morning walks take me through a...
A water bearer had two large pots, each hung on the end of a long pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to...
Isaiah 55:12 - You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. (NIV)On a wide curve on the Charleston Side Road between Airport Road and the village of...
A story is told about William "Speedy" Morris, who was head coach at La Salle University from 1986 to 2001. As the story goes, during a year in which LaSalle was having a pretty good season, Coach Morris was shaving one morning when the phone rang. His wife answered...
When my son first showed us pictures of Marabou storks in Kenya, everyone but me exclaimed "Oh, how ugly!" Or "I wonder if it woke up on the wrong side of the bed!"For some reason I was fascinated by them. I found them to be quite attractive in their own way! My wife,...
Since my early childhood I have had the nasty preoccupation with trying to please others. Not that this is a bad thing. It's only bad when the reactions of others become the basis of your self-esteem!For example:I try to encourage my students to enjoy math to the...