Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Beholder

Isaiah 40:6 – Shout that people are like the grass. Their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field. Beauty is held within the eyes of the beholder. In fact, aren’t flowers attractive when plucked?  Don’t they hold their shape and create pleasant aromas in whatever setting they are brought into. However, as time progresses, don’t the petals start to fall and the...
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Blessed Assurance

Psalms 119:38  -Reassure me of your promise, made to those who fear you.   “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine oh what a foretaste of glory divine,” by Fanny J Crosby. If you were assured of immortality, what would you do? Would you go skydiving? Would you traverse the Sahara desert in search of hidden jewels cached beneath the sand? What if you were assured infinite wealth? Would...
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Never Take Revenge

Romans 12:19 – Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the Lord. In what way shape or form do I not have the right to take an eye for an eye? On what grounds may someone wrong me without facing retaliation from the heat of my anger? Why is that fair, shouldn’t they suffer...
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Two Are Better Than One

Ecclesiastes 4:9 – Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.   (Happy anniversary to Justin and Brooke Lehmann) Here is a phrase from Justin that has never left my memory banks, “A relationship will only grow if you are chasing God together.” Wow, I was a boy who believed that love was for no one other than God, my family, and my spiritual...
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