Random 2022 Today is the last day before vacation and the last day I know I will have the where with all to write something and get it posted. Over the years, I have transitioned from writing about the Astros with the intent to weave in some hint of Jesus to flat out writing about… Continue reading Random 2022 – Happy New Year
A quick one to wrap up the year. Two sermons from a series titled “Christmas Gifts from Heaven” were the wrap up from the pastor. The first gift was perspective and the call to recognize our suffering on earth pales if compared to the glory of our future in heaven. Suffering is normal to life… Continue reading A Month of Sundays 14: Use His gifts
John 10:10 You poured me out like milk, Curdled me like cheese, I like cheese. When I was a growing boy, I drank lots of milk. I can identify with the visuals in this verse. But my understanding of them is well beyond a glass to drink from and a lump to eat.… Continue reading Curdle Cheese – Study of Job 10:10
Job 10:9 Remember, I pray, that you fashioned me of clay, And to dust, you will return me. I see this as keeping the beginning and the end in mind. Many times, we are given the impression that people focus on their past and stagnate in the present never ready for the future.… Continue reading What do you do? – Study of Job 10:9
Job 10:8 Your hands shaped and made me, Every part of me, Yet now, you would destroy me. One of the many challenges to being me is the response of my sinuses to stimuli. Right now, there is something in the air and my left ear is itching like crazy. My thoughts… Continue reading Sappy Praise Song? Yes! – Study of Job 10:8
Job 10:7 In spite of Your knowing that I am not guilty, No one can deliver me from Your hand. I saw a link at the bottom of Amazon about self-publishing. I followed it to see how it worked. I have thought about getting my Amalgamation published once I am done, but its… Continue reading The Limit or Boundary of Evil – Study of Job 10:7
The Christian Man Chapter 10 Sharing My Faith – Having authentic spiritual conversations with my friends. I took notes on this chapter over two days. It was a lot. It was the most important aspect of the book. We are called to be glorifying and the best way is to talk. The first note was… Continue reading Morley’s The Christian Man 10: Share Your Faith
Job 10:6 That you seek out my iniquity, And probe after my sin. Often in my life I have found myself in a situation that I have not experienced before and froze. Like a deer in the headlights, I took no action, no flight, no fight, just nothing. Taken as a whole, I hope… Continue reading Maturing – Study of Job 10:6
The Christian Man Chapter 9 Culture and the role of the Christian man in it. The culture that you are in is a product of the actions of everyone in it in the years leading up to now. If your culture seems consistent, then you are in an environment where people share ideals and pull… Continue reading Morley’s The Christian Man 9:Influence Culture
Job 10:5 Are your days as those of a mortal? Are your years as those of a person? We have had our cats for about three and a half years and apparently, they are growing older. By that I mean, they had both evolved new ways to annoy us. One acts more and… Continue reading Loving Cats – Study of Job 10:5