I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with another in love. — Ephesians 4:1-2 Paul’s plea is as relevant today as it was two thousand years ago. Who doesn’t yearn for more humility…
Month: January 2017
Times of Affliction
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. — Psalmist 119:71 I’m not totally onboard with the psalmist here. I believe it is in the time of darkness that we learn about God not his rules. Who amongst us hasn’t at least at one point in our life said,…
Little Things
Whoever is faithful in a very little, is faithful in much. — Luke 16:10 For those of you who watch the Inauguration today, and even if you don’t, behind the scenes are many people doing small things to make a big event happen smoothly. Consider the person who puts out the chairs on the inaugural podium. If…
Biting The Hand That Feeds Us
So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot — John 13:26 The story of Judas carries so many messages. However it just dawned on me that the story of betrayal begins with an act of kindness and affection. Jesus feeds the very person who is about to betray…
The Road Ahead
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” — Matthew 16:15 On one’s birthday the above is not a bad question to ask oneself. It’s a day on a long journey when one pauses to look at how far you have come, and then look to the road ahead. For Jesus he asks…