"...I have finished the race..." (2 Tim 4:7) Hey, 2016 is the year of Olympics! There are several athletic events which would capture the imagination of Sports aficionados; but one which is guaranteed to stir one's soul is the Marathon race. Period. There are races...
Last week, in The Crowbarred Car Door, Part 1, I relayed the story of how a petty thief had taken a crowbar to our car door to steal 3 dollars in the coin cubby of the car's dash. Just to recap a couple of the details, my son, who was the driver of the car at the...
"Have mercy upon me O God according to your loving kindness, according to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions, wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin for I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is always before...
"Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman.'" (Jer. 15:19). The destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity are...
As an adolescent, I had a difficult time saying " I'm sorry," most likely because it was never taught to me how important these two little words are. Thanks to a good friend, I later learned this most valuable lesson, and applied it whenever I inadvertently hurt a...
Ever wonder why when something does not go right and negative circumstances come about? It is not so much that I have been on the receiving end, because I have no control over the actions of people. I do however have to control how I am going to react. God expects us...
If you are like the majority of us you have had the opportunity to find yourself in a situation that seemed utterly hopeless, wondering how you ended up this way; how you could have blown it so badly. This is true of all men and women at some point in their lives...
Someone walked across my mind, reached in and touched my soul; Where once I was half a person, now I am whole. At first it was kind of gentle....... a tickle.......just a little jolt; Along the way it picked up speed just like a lightening bolt. All at once I was...
There's a cross around your neck and whiskey on your breath; The way you live your life is scaring me to death. I pray to God for you to change.....ask Christ into your heart; Let go of the whiskey and make a brand new start. That cross is what Christ hung on, to take...
Why did Joseph do all those confusing things to his ten brothers? So far as they were concerned, the heinous sin of their earlier years was a prank of immaturity, a mere peccadillo of youth. It was a long way away from where they were at now, they had grown up and had...