Month: September 2011

Get the grain of sand out

September 15, 2011 | 2 comments

It is not the road ahead that wears you out. It is the grain of sand in your shoe. ~ Arabian proverb Are there any grains of sand in your shoe today? What might those grains of sand be?  Worry,

God can use you, too

September 14, 2011 | 6 comments

I don’t know where this originated, but I love the point…   “Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was

Soar over the waves of error

September 13, 2011 | 5 comments

  My family spent a couple of days with my brother, sisters and their families for a family reunion last month up in the Cle Elum region in Washington State. For something to do, we rented two jet skis for

The Seventh Day

September 12, 2011 | 5 comments

  Do you live in the seventh day or the first day of creation? To live in “the first day,” is to accept the premise that there is still a whole lot of creating that needs to happen before creation

The vital importance of forgiveness

September 9, 2011 | 6 comments

  Sometimes people have a hard time forgiving another who did them harm because they believe that forgiving them somehow overlooks the crime and pretends like it never happened.  This is not true.  Forgiveness is never approval of an evil.  Forgiveness does not