Receive God’s gift of the future. If we needed an idea to give us hope today, this is it. Though our human vision doesn’t penetrate what appears to be murky, our God promises us good things. Despite what common consensus claims, the world isn’t ending in the next five minutes. When that instant comes, God
The Music of Spring: So Conventional As I stared, Daddy held a finger to his lips and picked up a long handled mallet. Gently, he struck the longest bar on the top of the instrument. A deep and penetrating tone filled the nook and I reached out for the mallet. He handed me four of
Focus on hope and live thankfully. They’re relatively simple words, but they can be a challenge during any swirl of dismaying events. Let’s go through them one at a time. Focus. For today, we’ll single out these phrases from Webster’s definitions: a state or condition permitting clear perception or understanding, and directed attention. On. Webster
Hope is a gift from God for sanctification. The idea seems more obvious now than it did six weeks ago, though it’s always been true. But, how shall we comprehend hope? Poet Emily Dickinson offers us some vivid imagery in her 314th poem: “Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings
The Music of Spring: The Smile I Adored A group of men beside a monument played sets of steel drums, and I begged, “Please, Mother, I want a set of drums like those. They sound wonderful.” She looked through the dirty windows, and saw only the sandblasted metal and improvised frames. “No, Aoede, I can’t.
Living thankfully for happiness during this virus is probably going to take more concentrated intention than it once did. However, I believe I can do it, and you can too. We woke up this morning, we could get up from our mattresses, see and hear people we love, and make plans. What gave you happiness before?
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Happiness is a gift for our sanctification. How could happiness have an effect on making us holy? Although I remember a Charles Schultz book, a Scottie, and a Schnauzer fondly, a warm puppy isn’t quite what’s meant in this context. In fact, warm puppies are more likely to test our sanctification while we’re housebreaking them,
The Music of Spring: “Where’s that Girl?” The pitch was good, and I poured glasses for all the major pitches of the scale. By then, the amazing bottle was nearly empty. Humming under my breath, I poured a glass for B flat. My hand was steady as I raised the silver serving spoon and tapped
Thankful people value the knowledge God gives. By his grace, we hear the words of Wisdom. “Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. My mouth speaks what is true for my lips detest wickedness. All the words of my mouth are just; none of them