Imagine seeming to have it all—a powerful husband and huge family, wealth, respect, celebrity. People move out of your way as you walk by. Everyone is out to please you. You get the best tables at restaurants while others are turned away. You sport the latest fashions. Your name is on everyone’s lips.
But somehow it’s not enough. It’s never enough. You (more…)
Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. – Luke 12:3
My grocery store – note the possessive pronoun – is like my own Cheers bar. The employees all know me and welcome me with a smile. They know me: I’m that (more…)
A brand-spanking-new believer wrote to me the other day to ask how she could resist temptation. My heart jumped. How remarkable that just a few minutes into her life with Christ she should be so convicted about her lifestyle! At the same time, how remarkable those who have walked with Christ for a long time don’t experience the same conviction!
Don’t get (more…)
Cantaloupe can have far-reaching implications.
We were on our way to our son’s college graduation rehearsal, followed by the blessed event itself, in the Florida Panhandle. We were 1 1/2 hours from our destination and a nearly an hour ahead of schedule – that is, until we were detoured onto a local road as the result of an accident on the highway, (more…)