What is there about me that attracts black flies? I can be in the same place as the rest of my family, and they all leave without a single bite while I am literally covered. And to top it off, I must be a bit allergic to them, as each bite-site tends to swell into a...
"If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching." (John 14:23 NIV) We had just acquired this particular Lineolated Parakeet. He was still young, under a year, and he was my favorite linnie color: Turquoise. He loved to sit on my finger and watch my mouth, and we...
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they...
"The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: but he that is hasty, only to want." (Prov. 21:5) What are you thinking? Yes, right now! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? Are you spending your time thinking about yourself, your day, your routine and all that is...
"The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace" (Romans 8:6) The Greek word for mind is "phronema", from which we get our word "prone." If we are prone to something, it means we are inclined towards it and can be heavily...
"Then the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded, and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. 'Listen to me, Asa!' He shouted. 'Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him!...
“[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly].” (Philippians 3:10 AMP) To know...
We straightened our aching backs and rubbed the soil from our hands. Making the new garden was hard work and as yet, our loving imagination had to work overtime to begin to see its glorious future. It wasn’t much bigger than the proverbial pocket handkerchief but on...
"He is in your hands," King Zedekiah answered. "The king can do nothing to oppose you." (Jeremiah 38:5) Jeremiah 38 v1-10 reads like a Shakespearean play lots of intrigue, conspiracy, and victimization going on. Zedekiah's indifference and ambivalence reveal the real...
If you make an agreement with somebody about something that is to be done, you want it to stick. You don’t want it to come undone half way through so you choose carefully with whom you make an agreement. The strength of the agreement is not in the agreement, it is in...