WOKE UP EARLY THIS MORNING

“…nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” (Luke 22:42b KJV) In the evenings and sometimes when we wake up in the middle of the night, we have ideas and plans to do certain things on the next day.  When that happens we are in agreement with those who purport that our most creative moments are in the evening.  Okay, but what happens when morning comes?  Do we actually...

WHEN ALL YOU KNOW WHAT BREAKS LOOSE

“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”(Philippians 3:14 NASB) A small group of mountain climbers set out to climb a high mountain without the master mountain climber who had trained them, guided them and graciously helped them learn the art of scaling high summits.  When I say that they set out to climb a high mountain, I man a really high...

HELPLINE EXPERIENCES

Have you ever called a company, organization, or agency, and after hearing the variety of recorded options you pushed the optional number to speak to an actual person in order to get help with a problem? I know I have. Recently I did that, exactly! I wanted to talk with someone to get assistance. I was informed by an automated voice that I was the third caller and that someone would be with me...

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MARKET THIS TEE-SHIRT!

It’s midweek, so you know what that means, don’t you? Of course you do! It’s time for your Sunday Share meditation. As I listened to Rev. M.R. King preach the word Sunday, I came away engulfed with several edifying points from his text. This week, I’m not going to review the points he made that were specifically for me and for you. You can go to the Salt Of The Earth (Indianapolis)...

STRENGTHENING WORKOUT

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.” (I Chronicles 16:8-11 NIV) If you were to seek advice from a strength coach to build your...

WHEN YOU GET OLD…

This is your Monday Short meditation, entitled, “When You Get Old…” There are some things I would like to point out to help generations of every age understand the behaviors they observe or observed when their parents and grandparents advanced in age. I have to make this short, true, but I hope to make it surely beneficial. Listen now! When you get old… …you will realize that money...

THE WOODS OF LIFE

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.!” (Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB) A scoutmaster told his four most senior scouts that he was going to take them on a night exercise in a deep wooded area. He gave each one of the young men a list of things they should be sure to bring, one of them being a...

READING ALOUD OR SILENTLY IN THE WORKPLACE

“So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah. The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.” Philip ran over and heard the...

THE SHIP

“About midnight on the fourteenth night of the storm, as we were being driven to and fro on the Adriatic Sea, the sailors suspected land was near. They sounded and found 120 feet of water below them. A little later they sounded again and found only 90 feet. At this rate they knew they would soon be driven ashore; and fearing rocks along the coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern...