Granddaddy had no running water Granddaddy Jerry Nichols and Mammy lived ten miles off the paved road on a farm in Virginia. They had no running water or electricity and got all their food from the animals they raised and the plants they grew. They used oil lanterns for light and carried buckets of…
Choose just the right words today. Words are very powerful. If I get upset and respond to someone’s comment with, “That’s stupid.” The person to whom I say those words may hear, “YOU are stupid.” Without my even knowing it, that simple word choice could destroy any possibility for me to have a relationship with…
When Jonathan McComb lost his wife, Laura, and their two children in the Texas Hill Country flood, friends wondered what they should say. What would you say? If a man’s heart and mind are shattered and in shock, sometimes what he needs more than words, is a silent hug, a gentle smile, and a I-love-you-pat on…
Can You Spot Jesus’ Face in this Painting? Can you find the face of Jesus in my painting? He IS very much present watching over what I like to call “The Early Morning Meeting of the Cardinal Couple.” If you don’t see him at first, focus and concentrate. He will suddenly appear. Don’t miss…
#1 Priority for Americans – “Enjoy life” “Enjoy life to the fullest.” According to the New Year’s GOBankingRates survey that was American’s #1 resolution. I interpret that to mean that above all else American’s want to enjoy this life. Is that your #1 desire? What we desire is what we do. I don’t…
Don’t be Stupid about Patience Patience is not always good. We’ve all been told that patience is a virtue and impatience is a vice. Not so. Both patience and impatience can be healthy or unhealthy. Some people are stupid about patience. Don’t be offended by the word stupid. I don’t use…
Don’t be Stupid. Release Disappointments. The word stupid means to be in a “stupor” or “daze.” So don’t be in such a stupor or daze that you focus so much on your disappointment that you hurt yourself and those you love. That’s the essence of stupid. Have you been disappointed? Of course you have. It…
Where Are You Poor? We are all rich in some way, and poor in other ways. Poverty is not just about money. Some of us are poor in love, security, peace, family, purpose, self-confidence, friends, or God. Where is your poverty? What do you not have that you wish you did have? We…
Privacy is Primary Privacy is the core of a spiritual life. Contemporary religion makes our public-life the primary test of faith. It may actually be the very thing that’s keeping us from finding genuine faith. Privacy, simplicity, taking time to be alone with his first-love, his loving heavenly Father, is the way Jesus maintained such…
Was She Afraid to Die? After almost being martyred in Sudan for refusing to renounce her faith in Jesus Christ , Meriam Ibrahim, 27, and her family are grateful to God. “Faith means life. If you don’t have faith, you are not alive,” said Meriam Ibrahim when asked if she was afraid of dying…