There are few people who will say no to mercy. If you don’t need it today, you will soon. We need kindness. We need understanding. Don’t leave out forgiveness or pity. Find out how the Bartimaeus Plan works. Anyone of us can do it-if we are willing.
Read MoreEver experience a complete lack of understanding? It’s not lack of intelligence, the thing makes no sense. Nothing in experience provides context. The result? We don’t get it. Read this account…and seek to understand it. Our futures depend on grasping what happened.
Read MoreInherit is a good word. One of the good things about it is you do not need to do anything. Just be in the family. Just be adopted. Either way entitles us to inherit. There is one inheritance each of us can have. It is far better than any earthly inheritance. This inheritance is riches forever…no more suffering, no sadness, no sickness…
Read MoreThis is serious. There is eternal life. It does exist. You can inherit it. All may inherit it. It may not be easy. Apologizing to God is not easy. Changing gods is not easy. These are a part of the answer to life’s biggest question, “What must I do to inherit eternal life.”
Read MoreWhat do we do when some one asks a serious question? How do we know when a question is honestly one to give serious consideration? There are many questions not worth our time. This one is. The answer is hard.
Read MoreGive thanks…thanksgiving requires action. Thankfulness is not kept inside as a warm feeling. Thankfulness needs expression. Give is a verb. That’s action. Thanksgiving is not a one day effort. A thankful heart brings joy all year.
Read MoreHe never turns children away. Adults with a childlike heart are not denied either. Child or adult we can come to the One who made the sunrise today. They were bringing infants to Him. He said, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them…” How good this is! The One who causes the sun to set tonight gathers “children” to Himself.
Read MoreEgo, pride…self centered…selfish…we don’t find these terms appealing in the personalities others. Yet, a lack of humility often is a personal problem we both face. We cannot fix the inflated ego of another. We can repair our own bloated ego and inflated pride. This is about humility-or lack of it.
Read MoreWe like it when the hero catches the villain. We cheer when the bad guy is put out of business. It’s about justice. Our hearts have justice meters. We have low tolerance for injustice, sadly the world is filled with injustice. How are to deal with injustice. Read this-there is an easy answer.
Read MoreWhat happens when we are faced with injustice? Sometimes we complain. We may shout UNFAIR! When injustice continues in creates discouragement. There is a simple way to eliminate injustice. It may seem like inaction. Are you faced with injustice-try this best way to eliminate it.
Read MoreIt’s about being ready. Prepared is another way to think of it. Those unprepared will not have a second chance. Most people are too busy with everyday things to give this truth any thought. Read this blog…then answer the question in your own mind. Are you ready?
Read MoreEach of us makes plans for the day. We plan where we will go, and how we will use our time. We keep track of appointments with electronic devices…old people like me still use paper. We plan to be ready. If our plans are only for the day or month ahead we’ve missed a vital part of everyday planning. Does your day include planning for an event from an unseen world? This is not a delusional question. It is part of being ready for each day.
Read MoreWe know about advanced preparation. There are many things we do to be prepared for something-in advance. Being ready is wise. When the event happens there is no time to prepare. We prepare for storms before they come. When this coming event happens, it will come more quickly than a flash of lightning. The event is coming. We don’t know when-but we CAN be prepared.
Read MoreThere were 10. Ten with a terminal disease. This disease brought death slowly. All of them had time to think about the end. Imagine their intense delight at hearing there was a cure. The cure was a person. All of them were healed-temporarily. Only one of them was healed forever.
Read MoreWho are the unworthy servants? Besides, who wants to be a servant? Isn’t servant-hood where you lose all your rights? Isn’t being a servant doing what the master wants? What if we misunderstand being a servant? It depends on who your Master is.
Read MoreYou can’t generate it yourself. You can’t see it. Yet it is real. It represents true reality. You can ask for it…free. But who do you ask? Some guys long ago knew…we can follow their example. What’s there to lose?
Read MoreEver wish you could have a “do over?” Having learned from that mistake you wish you could go back and change how you acted…and this time you’d get it right. If you’ve lived a while, you know “do overs” usually don’t happen. There is one life situation where there is absolutely NO do over. This must be made right before we die.
Read MoreLet me guess-one of your least favorite things is being told NO. If it’s not number one, it’s in your top ten. Ever had someone tell you no and you went ahead anyway? Let me guess-being told no and then disregarding the no might be another of your least favorite things. Usually ignoring a no leads to unhappiness. The message in the blog may make you angry, sad or both. There’s a happy ending.
Read MoreThis one is about priorities. You know-what’s important to you. Priorities can get away from us. Run away priorities become obsessions. This can happen with money. So ask yourself, “Who do I serve?”
Read MoreMoney…it it possible to buy happiness? If there was such a thing as a money tree, would you plant one in your backyard? What is the truth about money? Would you consider the advice of an expert? (It’s not me.)
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