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Making Ourselves at Home in This World
“In my Father’s house are many mansions:if it were not so, I would have told you.I go to prepare a place for you.”John 14:2 One day we will leave this world. We don’t know when our time will come, but it will come. Many of us have already had family and friends who have gone… -
Trusting in God’s Holy Name
“For our heart shall rejoice in Him,because we have trusted in His holy name.”Psalm 33:21 “My hope is in God.” I’ve given this much thought today, even through the loudness of business decisions, distractions, duties, and disappointments. I truly believe God’s name stands for something far holier and greater than we can ever comprehend. I… -
Planting Seeds, Waiting for Growth and Praying for Fruit
“So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth;but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one:and every man shall receive his own rewardaccording to his own labour.”1 Corinthians 3:7-8 Planting takes patience, lots…of…patience. That’s one of the exciting things about gardening—waiting for the first… -
Setting Out an Extra Chair for Guests
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love;in honour preferring one another;”Romans 12:10 One of the worst things, I believe, that happens in groups, committees, clubs, churches, and organizations, is when one person gets left out, isn’t chosen, or doesn’t get invited to participate when they show interest in joining or being a part… -
Keeping Busy as a Bee
“Who can find a virtuous woman?for her price is far above rubies…She looketh well to the ways of her household,and eateth not the bread of idleness.”Proverbs 31:10 & 27 I’ve been noticing recently how everything just stops when I plop down. When I quit, production quits. When I take a breather, the tasks pile up….
