Here’s a funny thought. In today’s world, women are often made to feel they must “measure up” to a certain standard of beauty to be valued. Take the idea of beauty pageants. Contestants are all tall and slender, with perfect hair. They are paraded in front of a panel of judges and rated on their …
Tag: Spiritual Growth
The Battle For Independence
Happy 4th of July! Today is a day we celebrate our nation’s independence from British rule. Did you know we were already essentially at war with Great Britain a year before the momentous event of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776? It took seven more years to win our independence. …
Choices
I think Lot is one of the more interesting characters in the Old Testament. He certainly lived an unusual life. When his father, Haran, died, his grandfather, Terah, stepped in and became a surrogate father. In this way, he was taken out of the land of his birth, Ur, and traveled with his grandfather and …
A Birthday Reminder
Today is my mother-in-law’s birthday. She would be 88, but she stopped counting in 2003 when God took her home to live with Him. I was always a bit intimidated by her; she was always perfectly put together – hair, clothes, and the way she carried herself. She had strong opinions about the way things …
Doers, Not Just Hearers
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves (James 1:22). I think this is at least one of the key verses in this short letter written to the Jewish Christians by James. This is not the James who was one of the original twelve disciples, the brother of John; …
The Way Of The Word 