A couple of days ago, our Scripture Writing List (list archives found at the bottom of your email) landed upon one of the great points Jesus made in His Sermon on the Mount. I like how The Message paraphrase reads, “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness…
Billy Graham once said, “The greatest need in our world today is the need for hope. We thrive on hope; we rejoice in hope, we witness in hope, knowing that experience works hope. ‘Happy is he . . . whose hope is in the Lord his God (Psalm 146:5).’ There is hope for the future. It is centered in the Person of Jesus Christ who died for our sins and rose from the grave and…
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,” Philippians 2:3-5 (ESV) Most of us wander through life without any sense of how much we impact those around us. We all have a circle of influence. A circle that…
Me and lizards. We do not make for a good pair. I have many stories (funny now) about my relationship with lizards. For about seventeen years, we lived out in (as we call it) the country. It was my idea. This woman who thrives best in close community and less wild animals, chose distance between neighbors and critters everywhere. Instead of lions and tigers and bears, we had lizards and frogs and spiders. Snakes. Snakes deserve a…
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