Most Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Trouble

I Thessalonians 2:20 For ye are our glory and joy Recently on Labor Day my wife and I were doing what we often do on Labor Day, taking a nice hike. I found joy walking in the trees and getting in a good hike. It was enjoyable. However, I have to tell you there was...

Aim High and You Will Live Well

Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God Have you ever been driving down the road when a car coming the opposite direction is easing into your lane and at the last minute the driver...

The Difference between Attention and Anxiety

Philippians 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand Do you care? How much do you care? Those are good questions, but the real question should be, “How do you care?” For instance, if a person has given up on life, they don’t care if they live...

A Realist Lives in Light of the Big Picture

Philippians 1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel Last week we were in the mountains and my wife saw a bear and I saw a cliff. I couldn’t see the bear for the...

The Gospel Comes First

Galatians 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain We have all heard stories of people who have been...