“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. “His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.” (Mic 5:2) Journal, I would like to follow two interconnecting tracks for this study.Continue reading →
“Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.’” (Jas 4:14-15) Journal, Sometime it is hard for meContinue reading →
“Harvest is past, summer is ended, and we are not saved. “For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me. “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people beenContinue reading →
At a seminar, students entering the room for lunch found a sign on the buffet table that said, ‘Take only one apple. God is watching you.’ At the other end of the table was a large tray of chocolate cookies with a hastily scribbled sign which read: ‘Take as many cookies as you want. God isContinue reading →
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.“ – Will Rogers, famous Oklahoma humorist of yesteryear Howdy Journal, This is one of those times that I really feel a bit quirky.Continue reading →
“Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the LORD your God gives you.” (Deu 5:16 – The 5th Commandment.) Journal, Just this morning I was thinking about my dadContinue reading →
“So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.” (Isa 55:3-11) Journal, It is not my intent to share something that I have often shared in the past. ButContinue reading →
Journal, I just received a report from WordPress on how my on-line Journal fared in 2012. My blog was received in 138 countries, with the United States being first. The United Kingdom and the Philippines were not far behind. Here are some crunch numbers – Actually I’ve had 67,980 visitors to my Journal since itContinue reading →
“How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways. “When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands, you will be happy and it will be well with you. “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children like olive plants around your table. Behold, for thusContinue reading →
“And He [God] took him [Abraham] outside and said, ‘Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ And He said to him, ‘So shall your descendants be.’ “Then he believed in the LORD; and He [God] reckoned it to him as righteousness.” (Gen 15:5-6) Journal,Continue reading →
