God can make good use of all that happens, but the loss is real. C. S. Lewis “We’ve fallen for the devil’s lie. His most basic strategy, the same one he employed with Adam and Eve, is to make us believe that sin brings fulfillment. However, in reality, sin robs us of fulfillment. Sin doesn’t…
Category: Thoughts & Obeservations
Living Abundantly
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Tom Waits ********** Fear of the future makes people settle for things in the present that completely defy Abundant Life. Beth Moore ********** Not what we have but what we enjoy,…
More “Abundance”
How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. Psalm 36:7-9 NIV The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too…
Happiness
“Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door.”Tryon Edwards (American Theologian, 1809-1894)
Creating
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth … Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us … Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!Genesis 1:1, 26a, 31a New Living Translation Research show that everyone is creative, which…
Give & Take
Life is full of give and take: give thanks and take nothing for granted. (unknown) It’s easier to take than to give. It’s nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts a day. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime. Joan Marques
Music … Rests
“There is no music in a rest, but there is the making of music in it. In our whole life-melody the music is broken off here and there by “rests,” and we foolishly think we have come to the end of the tune. God sends a time of forced leisure, sickness, disappointed plans, frustrated efforts,…
June
Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June. Al Bernstein June! The month of celebrations (graduations, weddings) and the astronomical beginning of summer. Hope and joy dance together and poets wax eloquent. In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different. John Steinbeck It was…
After the Storm
After the storm, the dark makes way for the light. (unknown) Our God, after the storms, will send the calm. St. Francis de Sales After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies. Samuel Rutherford I know God is with me not just because of…
Here and Now
There is only one time we have: it is called “now.” That is where the action is. That is where the lessons are learned. That is where we live. That is where God is with us – in “Now.” So are you, if you let yourself be. It is absolutely impossible to experience the goodness…