Search for the Lord and his strength…. — Psalm 105:4. I have been thinking about fresh starts lately. When you reach my age people don’t often think about fresh starts, but in reality they can occur anytime. I know that there is really no such thing as a “fresh start,” our past, our health, our mistakes…
Month: November 2020
Tame the Tongue
But no one can tame the tongue — a restless evil, full of deadly poison. — James 3:8. I am sure I’ve commented on James’s words before, so if I repeat myself somewhat I apologize. I note that James doesn’t exempt anyone, he says, “No one can tame the tongue.” That makes me feel better for…
Armor of God
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet of the hope of salvation. For God destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Thessalonians 5:8-9. There are several analogies in the New…
Faithful With A Little
Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. — Luke 16:10. God has entrusted his creation to us. The trees, the plants, the animals, the fish, and our planet’s future he thought we could handle. We need to be a little bit more faithful. I can’t make a huge difference with climate…
Testing Produces Endurance
… whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may mature and complete, lacking for nothing. — James 1:2-4. James sounds like a football coach or a personal trainer telling us to enjoy our…