“Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp. Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me….
Month: March 2016
It’s Our Job
“Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless – that’s your job, to bless. You’ll be a blessing and also get a blessing.” 1 Peter 3:8,9 (MSG) That’s our job, to bless, Peter says. So, am…
I Can’t Believe I Said That
Most of my embarrassing moments have come from saying something without thinking. Worse yet, sometimes I actually did think before speaking the words I lived to regret. One such moment occurred when I was a teen. I grew up in a small town and worked in a drugstore. One Christmas season I was wrapping a…