It’s interesting to me to see well meaning people propose and promote positions with passion that essentially are pointless. It’s interesting and somewhat tragic. All that passion channelled into something that in the greater scheme of things counts for nothing. The deathbed scene is often referred to and in that scenario as you breathe your […]
Read More A Word On What MattersThere is a good friend of mine who is gifted with word pictures. I asked him a question about two people and he let fly again with a wonderful way of looking at their relationship. He said that one was the easel in which the other could paint masterpieces. Recognising the point made, I duly […]
Read More Easels and BrushesLanguage. Letters forming words. Words forming sentences. Sentences forming paragraphs. Paragraphs forming statements for your consideration. In many ways it’s fairly simple, yet sometimes it can be made so complex and challenging. When you talk so much, you can get lost in the multitude of words and indeed lose all sense of what it is […]
Read More First LetterProcrastination. It has been a safety mechanism for me for years. Not only that but over time I have developed a reliable set of explanations to assist with it. After all, I do have responsibilities. I don’t have the money. Time is not on my side. Someone else can do it better. I have never […]
Read More It’s About Time…Tomorrow is scheduled to see the last important football match of the season. It’s the Champions League final. After that there will be a few international matches here and there with some youth tournaments around, but to all intents and purposes those of us who enjoy feeding from the game of football will engage in […]
Read More Dryden on the FreeflowThere is no Psalm 151. Unlike the continuation of the book of Acts where the good news is still being shared around the globe, there isn’t the same thing with the collection of Psalms. The collection ends at 150. That’s not to say there are no other great works written and included in this collection. […]
Read More A Brief Word On A Big BookIn the relatively short period of time that I have breathed the breath of life on planet earth, I have come across a number of ways and means to highlight the worth of something. Without in anyway suggesting I am at the Grandmaster level of expressing myself in the English language, I do take pleasure […]
Read More Psalm 150 – Praise Him, Praise Him!Here’s a good Psalm to pay attention to carefully. Reasons to praise God? Sure, they are there and offer strong encouragement for the readers to remember how great God is and what He does for His people. It’s all going well and then … “Two-edged swords … execute vengeance … punishments … bind with fetters […]
Read More Psalm 149 – Call To Praise … And …Heaven and earth encouraged to praise God. With good reason. Once more I like how the Psalm is set from the big picture of the universe to the smaller picture of the earth and then the more intimate picture of the relationship with a people on the earth. At every stage there’s a reason to […]
Read More Psalm 148 – All Creation Praise HimI had the great privilege of being on a road trip with some saints. As the sun set and night settled in, rather than snoozing off after an exhausting day, those saints saw it fit to sing songs to God. There were songs of adoration, songs of praise, songs proclaiming the wonders of God. In […]
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