How are you living each day? Do the winds of time blow around you without even a thought from you about it or do you feel it press against you to the point it motivates you to action?
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When It’s Okay to Criticize
In his famous devotional booklet My Utmost for His Highest, author Oswald Chambers tells us when it’s okay to criticize: NEVER. Ouch! I yield far too often to this habit, mostly in my thoughts. But Mr. Chamber’s words encourage
Read moreOld Truck, New Nature. Out with the Old, In with the New.
Out with the Old . . . Bev looked at her son and smiled. “You’re five years old today, J.T. You’re getting so old.” J.T. melted into a puddle of tears. “My goodness, son. What’s
Read moreSnow Makes Everything Look Better Except White Cars & Pharisees
As I write, I’m doing something I don’t do very often—I’m looking out my window watching snow come down. Here in Arkansas we only get a few good snows each year. I don’t mean to
Read moreA Novel Way to Avoid Disappointment
Author par excellence Cecil Murphey shares a novel way to avoid disappointment: “If I expect certain behavior that I don’t get, I can become angry. Or I can change my expectations.” I might spend half a
Read moreCold Hands, Warm Heart? Not Always…
If we want others to see Jesus Christ in us, then we need to make sure our words reflect His love, mercy, and grace. If we have a cold heart it won’t matter how warm our hands are to the touch, because whatever is in our heart will flow out and be spoken and heard by others.
Read moreSimple Ways to Remember Christ this December
Everybody is rushing this time of year. Last Friday, we had an outpatient surgery, a basketball game, a piano recital, and a choir rehearsal all in one day. Whew! Sometimes December leaves us longing for simplicity.
Read moreGiving Between the Giving
I was standing in the checkout line. It’s a familiar scene this time of year. The ever-growing lines at the cash registers. Carts dodging this way and that. Towering armloads weaving down aisles. Bags of
Read moreChatterbox or Cheerleader?
When I was a child, my mom often called me a “chatterbox” or said “who wound you up?” as if I were a toy monkey. Others teased me for my penchant for talking. In my
Read moreI Am Not Enough, But I’m Thankful for the One Who Is
I am not enough To undo my mistakes, to answer my own prayers To make myself compassionate when I simply don’t care. To give joyfully each time to love those I don’t like, To succeed
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