Speaking grace to share hope and light
You reap what you sow, more than you sow, and later than you sow. Charles Stanley Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.Robert Louis Stevenson Traveling through Georgia during the late summer and fall cannot help but turn one’s mind to harvest time. Combines are on the road, tractors are at... Continue Reading →
Mark 3:4 And He saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath day, or to do evil? to save life or to kill? but they held their peace. These seem like simple enough questions - pretty straightforward. Jesus was in the synagogue talking with the religious leaders. He asked the questions,... Continue Reading →
Read Romans 16 As a card-carrying introvert, this is an important chapter for me. We talk about God's relationship to the world, His love for the lost, His grace in the Church, but we tend to talk in general, corporate terms - big picture. You know. God loves all people. For God so loved the... Continue Reading →
“We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to 'like' one another. Love governs the will: 'liking' is a matter of sense and sensibility. Nevertheless, if we really love others it will not be too hard to like them also. If we wait for some people to become agreeable or attractive... Continue Reading →
Read Genesis 24 - Genesis 24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. Throughout the Bible, God gives example after example of history changing events that hinge upon simple acts of obedience. Rebekah is one such example. The... Continue Reading →
Read John 11 - When Jesus looked at Martha in the face of Lazarus' death, He said "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?" John 11:25-26. He was asking... Continue Reading →
