You have heard many people tell you, “Well, it was just God’s will.” Was it? Did it seem like it? God’s will is understandable within a reasonable amount of time. He doesn’t expect us to do the impossible….only Jesus could do that! God’s will is also doable. He will usually speak clearly and give us […]
Today’s fake news
We are bombarded with opinion disguised as news. What are we to believe. God gave us both emotions and reason. He did that so that, after our emotions get our attention, then our ability to reason can be brought to play so we can arrive at a conclusion. We must explore and ponder what we […]
Controlling the weather
Just kidding. Talk about the impossible. Storms take their own course, but the strong winds of change in our lives are often just as hard to withstand. Everyone goes through rough times in their life. How do we get through them? Just like the farmer who stores an abundant crop in a silo to get […]
Projecting our inner self
Our bodies are reservoirs of potential energy ready to react to our inner desires; hopefully to do good things. Because our bodies contain so much power we have the capability to do great harm as well. We want to use it to dominate those who disagree with us and we do that mostly through body […]
What’s on your resume’?
It’s been a while since I prepared a resume. Resumes should include the usual educational background and work experiences. It should also include references. Of course, nobody is going to put down one of their enemies as a reference – they will all be friends, no doubt. Is my character my life’s resume? It should […]
Our life is a puzzle
Remember when you would get to the end of 1,000-piece puzzle and there are a couple of pieces missing? Sometimes I feel like my life is like that. I know something is missing but I can’t figure it out. I kind of have an idea of the shape or importance of what’s missing but I […]
How much faith do I have?
We tend to identify with successful people. “I could do that” we say. But our conduct reveals our character. We can claim to have faith in God’s provisions for our life. But does our activity agree with our intended identity? Many will say all you need is faith. But faith is a gift and gifts […]
Our “wanter” wants what it wants
Our longings can actually be deceptions. Satan loves to tempt us to run our own Kingdom and move away from God. We’re not content with how we look or how much money or possessions we have. We stubbornly resist being content. We get into petty arguments with family and acquaintances because our “wanter” wants what […]
What is character?
Dallas Willard defines it as a long history of behavior. How we really act – not what we say, but what we do. How do we change our character? First, we need to decide what we want to change – and in order to do that we need to change both our thoughts and feelings. […]
Life starting again!
How do we do life again after the pandemic? We start gradually – and we don’t forget what we learned. We also need to grieve over missed events – missed graduations, not being able to visit relatives or friends in the hospital or prisons. We should make two lists: first, those things we want to […]
