"Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." (Matt 25:40 NKJV) I have always wanted to do something big in my life. Since I was a boy watching those old television cowboys rescuing people on a runaway...
"And Jesus wept." (John 11:35) "Big boys don’t cry." I heard those words a lot growing up in America in the late sixties and early seventies. In those days men were expected to be tough and rugged and never shed a tear no matter what. Our heroes were all stone...
"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' Or 'What shall we drink?' Or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His...
"The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." (Rom 13:12-13 NIV) I always loved Sunday dinners at my Aunt and Uncle’s house as a boy. They were so good that they were even worth the eight...
"Don't participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. 14 Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ." (Rom 13:13-14 NLT) When I began my first semester...
When I was growing up every Summer my family would pile into our old car and make the 8 hour trip over the mountains to spend a week visiting my Grandma in Tennessee. Each year too my Grandma and Aunt Charlotte would make us an early Thanksgiving dinner. The table...
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Cor 13:13 NIV) But there remains I saw something that both amused me and saddened me the other day. Three teenage girls were walking up the street together, but they didn’t seem...
"The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." (Gal 5:14 NIV) I love the old story of the wise man and the pearl. A traveler with a troubled heart was walking along the beach. He was headed to a small hut where an old hermit was...
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." (3 John 13:34-35 NIV) My youngest son doesn't speak much. His severe autism has always made language a struggle for him. Even though he is sixteen years old now his...
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Cor 13:12) The stores are going to be crowded the next few weeks. It is that time of the year between Thanksgiving and Christmas when people go shopping for special gifts for...