Given September 4, 2004If something you’re doing or about to do isn’t going well, think about who you think you’re doing it for. Does that make sense? We think we know who we’re doing a job for or who will see the results but who all is really looking? Here’s my example.
It […]
Given April 28, 2006I was reading my devotion this morning and it was about Moses and the burning bush. You know, Moses wasn’t too cooperative in this job interview with God. Our school system has been conducting interviews recently for various openings and I thought about that as I contemplated Moses’ responses.
When someone […]
Given April 25, 2006
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: Ephesians 5:8 ” This is what I’ve tried to do for many years, walk as a child of light. Because, being in education, I know that students, parents, and others are watching […]
Given April 22, 2006Recently I attended a conference on Early Childhood Education at the local college and heard a wonderful speaker who brought up several good points. Although he was speaking about how we treat children in school and as parents, I found myself saying “Amen” to many of his comments.
One of […]
Given August 25, 2005The other day, a delivery guy brought me a package and presented me with a receipt to sign. It didn’t have my name on it, (it was my wife’s), but I accepted it anyway and signed the receipt.
God showed me how similiar situations might play out in the spiritual […]
Given February 4, 2006My wife sent me to the store recently to get a certain grocery item. I had it in my mind that it came in a blue box and that’s what I was looking for, but couldn’t find it. As frustration began to mount, I thought, “Maybe it’s not in a […]
Given April 1, 2006We are called to be doers of the word, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22” Jesus said, “.… I must be about my Father’s business. Luke 2:49“. Some of us are called to leadership positions in the church and […]
Given March 25, 2006As humans, we are a needy people. As Christians, we are a needy people. It seems we pursue lots of things we think we need, and many of them, we do. On this day, I got this picture of the things we pursue.
Picture us on a road making our […]
Given March 29, 2006” A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Luke 6:45.” This verse […]