Jesus – what a guy. Don’t invite Him over to a dinner party if you want a quiet time. He accepts an invite to a dinner at the crib of ‘a prominent Pharisee’. It’s an invite to a meal. Now decent manners would suggest you don’t call too much attention to yourself. Enjoy the hospitality, respect […]
Read More Don’t Exalt YourselfIt was his way of saying he agreed. Or it was good. Or he understood. Just the one word. Sweet. He said it so often it began to annoy some of the other learners. Eventually they could guess when he was going to say it and said it with him or soon in advance of […]
Read More The Sweet StuffSolomon sure loved his Dad. I get the impression he was also very fond of his son. I get that impression because it’s fairly regular we read in the book of wisdom the father talking to his son. The thing about the book of Proverbs is there are some things in there that are observations, […]
Read More Pay, Turn, ApplyPraying is very good. In prayer we communicate with God and He communicates with us. There we can pour our hearts out to Him. Pour out our worries, pour out our cares, pour out our love and pour out our praises. It really is quite something. There is the issue, however, of sometimes asking God […]
Read More Who Is Faithful?We were discussing the issue of how much time you give someone in a job for them to get used to it. My colleague was adamant that certain things take time. I was equally adamant that certain things should have been discerned at this stage. He said quite clearly ‘wisdom takes time’. At the time […]
Read More Wisdom Takes TimeBetter a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. (Proverbs 16:32) Acts of physical aggression in the larger scheme of things is relatively easy. After all it tends to be the first course of action when sufficiently agitated. From thiz it can eb stated that it is not the […]
Read More Celebrating Self ControlThere’s a lot to be said for contentment. The episode is shown of what happened when someone thought the grass would be greener on the other side. After all the fruit looked good to eat and if it would actually make them god-like, well what could be wrong with that? The moment that act of […]
Read More Envy Rots BonesA friend of mine shared a quote he came across that suggested that one is the average of the five people you spend the most time with. I found this concerning as I spend the most time with my three daughters, my wife and after that a colleague whose a tutor who also happens to […]
Read More Good Walking CompanionsCourts of law often ask witnesses to swear on the Bible that the testimony they give will be completely truthful. It is intriguing that this is done when the Book itself is centred on a character who says we shouldn’t need to swear by anything. Rather when we say yes we should mean yes, and […]
Read More Telling The TruthWhen people think of politicians, journalists and similar professions, the thoughts are not always positive. Indeed there can be a somewhat cynical view of those either in authority or who are meant to be reporting on those in authority. The cynicism comes from the experience of how power corrupts and the pursuit of power can […]
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