Tag: God

Herding Our Negative Thoughts

What we think about determines how we feel, how we act, and much of what we say. The apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippians told the early believers what they should be thinking about: Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever...

Don’t Give Up Meeting Together

This past weekend, my mother-in-law was in town for a visit and stayed the night at our house on Saturday night. On Sunday morning, I woke up and thought to myself about whether I would get up and go to church, or stay at home...

I’m Ready! Are You?

This post is about something that has crossed my mind several times this week. But I haven’t posted about it before because I thought it was a subject I really don’t know a lot about, and I didn’t want to give anyone incorrect information on...

The Shortest Chapter

The shortest chapter in all of the Bible is Psalm 117, which says:  1 Praise the LORD, all you nations;        extol him, all you peoples.  2 For great is his love toward us,        and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.        Praise...

Understanding the Puzzling

I enjoy reading anything by C.S. Lewis, and I recently purchased a new book of his essays called “The Weight of Glory and Other Essays.” As I was reading the title essay, I came across a passage that intrigued me. Lewis was talking about our inner...

Blessing First, Then Obey

We had a guest speaker in church on Sunday, and I really enjoyed his message. He spoke of the Gospel and how it is unique among the world religions. He noted that every other world religion is about “do this (obey), and then receive the blessing...

Envy Kills Contentment

Ever since we remodeled our house last year, I have been wanting a short bookcase for my bedroom. It needed to be the right height to fit under the shoulder-height window. Finally, today my wonderful husband found a three-shelf cherry wood bookcase at a garage...

Don’t Fret

A fellow blogger recently blogged about Psalm 37, and I commented on her post that it compelled me to go read the entire Psalm. She replied that she would like to hear my thoughts on this Psalm, so I thought I would share those today. It...