Posts from October 2017

The Beauty of God

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.” (Psalm 27:4) I was recently reading Steve DeWitt’s book, “Eyes Wide Open: Enjoying God in Everything” and…

Get All the Advice You Can

“Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.” (Proverbs 19:20, NLT) Tommy Bolt, winner of the 1958 US Open, tells a story of something that happened during one of his golf tournaments.  Bolt arrived at the golf course for the tournament and was approached by a youngster, “Mr.…

Knowing When to Quit

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven…a time to keep, and a time to cast away.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1,6) This past week, I made one of the most painful decisions I have ever made. I decided to quit sending out Thought For The Day, a devotional message I have sent…

Changing As We Grow Older

A young boy was looking through the family album and asked his mother, “Who’s this fellow on the beach with you with all the muscles and curly hair?” “That’s your father.” “Then who’s the old bald-headed man who lives with us now?” Let’s be honest — we all change as the years pass, and some…

Justice or Mercy?

I heard about an 80-year-old woman who was arrested for shoplifting.  When she went before the judge in Cincinnati he asked her, “What did you steal?” She replied “A  can of peaches.” The judge asked her why she had stolen the can of peaches and she replied that she was hungry.  The judge then asked…