Last Sunday morning at our Church, I shared the story about the famous blind hymnwriter Fanny Crosby and the day she needed $5. Back in 1900, $5 was actually worth more like what $180 is worth in today’s currency. And this was a modestly substantial amount for Fanny, who needed it quite badly!She wrote, “Not […]
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I Miss Someone This Christmas
Missing Grandma Brannon and thinking of friends and family who have also lost dear loved ones this year inspired the following poem: I miss someone this Christmas Twill never be the same As when we were together And spoke each other’s name. Why should I even celebrate With those who act so glad? […]
Only a humble people can be a great people.
Only God …
… can help a man trim down life’s many and varied components to their actual and proportional sizes.
Serving Others …
… as Jesus would, does not very well help me to learn Christlikeness; but, serving others, as if they were Christ, does (Philippians 2:3).
Two Things Make Life Wonderful:
1) Discovering a way to understand, and 2) Discovering something that far exceeds our capacity to understand
Why is it …
… that I see so much potential in the last hour of my day and not the first?
Only the irritable …
can get irritated. But those whose expectations are from the Lord … can expect a merry Christmas!
The Beauty of a Basic Principle …
is the way it carries a unique application for each life, in each situation, each day.
You always have time to do what you do first!
Whatever you really truly want to do in life, make sure to do before breakfast, either the evening before or the morning of, and you will be tremendously satisfied!