Everyone seems to worry about something. Listening to the news gives us an excuse. Someone got shot. A new super-flu is coming. Terrorists are regrouping. People have always worried, but worry seems to be an increasingly dangerous issue we deal with. Dale Carnegie wrote, Stop Worrying and Start Living back in 1944, but we still… Continue reading WHY WORRY? It’s Needless, Useless & Godless!
Category: Insights for Life
LONELINESS: Feeling alone in a Crowd
I have rarely felt loneliness, but I did once, while visiting Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. There were thousands of people around, but I was alone, viewing one of the most spectacular sights in the world. I wished my wife or children could have been with me. I didn’t like the… Continue reading LONELINESS: Feeling alone in a Crowd
What Would They Say Now?
Happy New Year! I trust the coming year brings you peace, joy and God’s best for you, your family and your ministry. Over the holiday season, I have listened to the media recount the lives of those who died during the past year. It was an impressive list. The world lost some of its movers… Continue reading What Would They Say Now?
WHEN GOD SAYS WAIT!
Two years ago, we listed our home for sale. We have prayed that God would help us sell the condo. So far, we have not had one offer to purchase our home despite lowering the listing price considerably. For some reason, God has delayed answering our prayer. We are waiting. I have a number of… Continue reading WHEN GOD SAYS WAIT!
WRONGED!
Have you ever been wronged? Have you been blamed for someone else’s actions? Have you ever been treated unfairly? I have. I’ve had people spread rumors about me and what was said hurt. And I’ve seen other people wronged by the actions and words of others. In the Old Testament, Abram’s servant, Hagar, was wronged.… Continue reading WRONGED!
DOUBTS
A friend told me his baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, was going to win the World Series this year. I said, “I doubt it!” A deacon lived across the street from the church. He was always late for services. One day he told me, “I’ll be early next week.” I said, “I doubt it.” We… Continue reading DOUBTS
BUSYNESS
Many people end up living like Tattoo, the young basset hound in Tacoma, Washington. Newspaper reports indicate Tattoo didn’t intend to go for a run, but when his owner shut the leash in the car door and drove off with Tattoo still outside the vehicle, Tattoo had no choice. When an officer noticed the vehicle… Continue reading BUSYNESS
UNFAIRNESS
The story ran in the New York Daily News under the headline: “Think You Got it Bad? Meet Luckless Larry.” Larry is a man who has reason to think life is unfair. A news article said, “Jolted, jilted, hammered in a car crash and robbed, Lawrence Hanratty was named the unluckiest man in New York.… Continue reading UNFAIRNESS
THE SEARCH FOR FORGIVENESS
A woman sat in my office and told me her tragic story. She had had an abortion. Though it had happened years earlier, she was still plagued by feelings of regret and remorse. She lived with convicting guilt. She couldn’t get rid of the feeling that she had done something terribly wrong. Guilt dominated her… Continue reading THE SEARCH FOR FORGIVENESS
HOW DO YOU SEE JESUS’ RESURRECTION?
There’s a big difference between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. On Friday, you see hatred, anger and belligerence; on Sunday, you see love, glory and victory. On Friday, you see what sinful men think of Jesus; on Sunday, you see what God thinks of Jesus. On Easter, we rejoice in the words of the angel:… Continue reading HOW DO YOU SEE JESUS’ RESURRECTION?