If you have stony sections in your heart-garden, plant one verse there that helps you deal with that particular problem.
Start out on a problem by praying rather than by worrying.
God uses His Word to clean our hearts. Read it all
life lessons
Slavish Tyranny to External Law
The elderly man and I stood just outside the fog line on the busy-at-that-time two-lane highway. The strip of pavement between the fog line and the gravel is narrow at that point. The gravel shoulder is itself narrow before sloping down into the shallow, weedy ditch.
We have no crosswalk. We have no Ped Xing sign. We have no caution sign of any sort. We have no diminished speed zone. We have no Read it all
Sunshine Dad
I’m indebted to Emily Smucker for today’s unexpected food for thought.
A photo-posting error on her part triggered this reminder for me:
At times I must be a source of sunshine for my children.
If I purposed to be that more often, what effect would it have on their dark times?
And what would it do for my own dreary times? Read it all
Psalms — Just Pretty Wallpaper?
I used to make computer wallpaper using (generally-)scenic photography and personalized Psalms (and other Scripture verses).
I wanted to have a day’s outstanding verse fragment before me all day.
Alas, I still forgot to remember and focus on those Scriptures. 🙁
So this really resonates in my heart: Read it all
A Thankful Look Back
Today was a rough day.
I forgot to practice thankfulness.
Which didn’t help at all.
For a Christian, a rough day is a bad reason to forget to be grateful. Read it all
Can Two Walk Together?
Imagine two people walking together.
Down the aisle, across an isle, along the road, over a bridge — the where is of no particular consequence. (Or maybe it is; what do you think?)
Anyway, just imagine two people walking together.
Like this, for instance: Read it all
What Is Fair?
I have had it up to my hairline with fair!
😯 Ooops! Excuse my mini tantrum. I must be too tired and stressed.
But I am tired of fair. Fairness gets way too much good press.
I mean, really — which of these is fair? Read it all