There is only One who gives life; only One who can truly show us who we were created to be; only One who is worthy of our hope. All other roads are detours.
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Thought for the Day – Just One
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged One who gives life, One worthy of our hope on March 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – The Weight of Our Attitude
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged cumbersome, lousy attitude, positive attitude on March 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
A lousy attitude is like a twenty pound sack that we can’t put down. Not so heavy that we can’t lift it, but cumbersome enough to quickly wear us out, and interfere with everything we’re trying to do. A positive attitude can be like a new set of shock absorbers, stifling the impact of life’s many pot holes.
Thought for the Day – Untrustworthy
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged healthy relationship, trust on March 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
You can love someone that you don’t trust, but you can’t have a healthy relationship with them.
Thought for the Day – Joyless
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged joyless, the joy of the Lord on February 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »
If the joy of the Lord is our strength, then going about things in a joyless manner exponentially increases the energy it takes.
Thought for the Day – Losing My Religion
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged religion on February 5, 2018| 2 Comments »
Jesus said to love your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. Sadly, our religion is what we tend to do instead of that.
Thought for the Day – Fear Itself
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged fear, hazardous, peril on January 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Though we don’t like to acknowledge it, life is an inherently hazardous process. Indeed, the potential for peril exists on a daily basis. Even so, it is ultimately fear that poses the greatest threat to our future.
Thought for the Day – God’s Ability
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on January 10, 2018| 1 Comment »
God’s faithfulness to complete the good work He’s begun in His children makes it difficult to simply dismiss those who’ve disappointed us in the past. To assume the position that people never change is to deny God’s ability to transform and redeem.
Thought for the Day – Tipping Point
Posted in Parenting / Family, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged preparing your children, protecting your children on December 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Genuine parenting includes both protecting and preparing. Unfortunately, it often seems as though you steal from one to afford the other.
Thought for the Day – Clean Bowls
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, Word Pictures, tagged destiny, poured out, purpose on December 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
It’s not a bowl’s destiny to remain clean and stored in the cupboard. It was made to be a vessel, poured out for the nourishment of others. Washing it simply prepares it to serve it’s purpose.
Thought for the Day – Yellow Journalism
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged exaggeration, journalism, scandel-mongering, sensationalism, Yellow Journalism on March 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I recently used the phrase “Yellow Journalism” in front of a young person, and they asked me what it meant. I explained that it was a term used to describe reporting that had little or no legitimate research behind it, which featured eye-catching headlines, exaggerations, scandal-mongering, sensationalism, and at times, pure fabrications. I added that instead of simply reporting the facts in an unbiased fashion, and allowing people to draw their own conclusions, it was when the story was written with a pre-determined end in mind, and only the facts that supported that conclusion were presented. The young person then asked, “why have I never heard of this?” To which I replied, “because we don’t call it Yellow Journalism anymore”. “What do they call it now” he asked. I couldn’t help but smile as I replied, “journalism”.
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