When people hear the word “meek,” they usually equate it with someone who is weak, someone who resembles the old cartoon character, Caspar Milquetoast…described as one who, “speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick!”  Actually, meekness could more... Read More

Prayer is treated by so many as a “last resort,” but it should be our “first response” to anything, and everything, in life.  Followers of Jesus must be people of prayer just as He was a person of prayer…and still... Read More

“Be gentle.”  Those words are often uttered in a quiet voice…almost a whisper.  They are spoken in different circumstances.  They are spoken by the mother of a newborn, to a sibling who has come for a first visit and is... Read More

Obedience.  We hear, read, and consider that word and it tends to generate a negative reaction.  Like the kids will say to each other when one of them is getting bossy: “You’re not the boss of me!”  We just naturally... Read More

Fall is just around the corner…harvest time…as the crops mature in the fields.  The corn and the bean plants go from green, to brown.  The ears in the husks and the seeds in the pods go from tender to dry... Read More

The mind…it’s Satan’s favorite place to mess with us.  He is a finite created being and he cannot know our thoughts nor can he put thoughts in our minds. However, don’t underestimate his skills and schemes.  He, and his minions,... Read More

Sometimes during air flights you can plug in your headphones and listen to the pilots talking to air traffic control, at which point you might hear a question that sounds a little strange. “Flight five zero eight, what’s your final... Read More

Late yesterday afternoon, a storm was moving in from the west.  The sky darkened as ominous blueish purple clouds billowed high in the sky and blocked out the bright sunlight. Lightening and thunder rolled.  Ira Sankey’s old hymn comes to... Read More

There is a time when grief comes to call in everyone’s life.  The grief can, at times, seem overwhelming…but with God, and only with God, the grief is bearable. Our God is our unfailing source of comfort…and strength…and peace…and so,... Read More

Every once in a while, we’ll hear someone say, “I need a hug.” Did you know that God is a “hugger?” If you are His, by faith in His Son, He is embracing you. You can hear it in His... Read More