Dodging and diving. I can relate with the thinking that leads someone to think that as long as they are dodging and diving the trickier parts of life and still living then it’s alright. You may be aware of the sort. He likes the unprotected sex, he’s not so keen on looking after the child […]
Read More Solid September Sale: No Longer Neglecting The Hard PartsIt’s called today. It’s all the time we have. I have never lived in tomorrow and I never will. Attempts to live in yesterday are thwarted by the fact that it’s past. That leaves me with today. There are encouragements to make the most of today as long as it’s called today. Those encouragements are […]
Read More Solid September Signing: As Long As It Is TodayTraining and teaching are subjects that hold a great deal of interest to me. For years I sat under the teaching of someone whose method never changed in all the years I was under his tutelage. That was a fair number of years. When I left it was a huge eye opener to come across […]
Read More Solid September Sale: No One Way Of Doing ItThere was a roundtable discussion where the panel reached an interesting point. It was only when people faced a threat big enough to affect everyone that they united to face the initial threat. Whether it was the Second World War or the 9/11 calamity, they were the driving force for a limited sense of national […]
Read More Solid September Sale: Living In A Place By FearIn life, faith in Christ has a remarkable way of helping you greatly even in dismal times. This works when your footsteps are directed by the one who walks ahead of you.
Read More Solid September Signing: Walking Where Light Shines The WayIt’s not just the fact that time is money. It’s about just how valuable time is anyway in regard to the things we use it for. Wasted time is tragic because money may be around but that time is lost. Lost never to be regained again. I often read the aspect of Jesus challenging those […]
Read More Solid September Signing: Carefully Counting The Cost Of CommitmentToday sees the end of the transfer window in football here in England. I knew you’d be ecstatic to hear it. For the uninitiated, from July to today football clubs have the chance to strengthen their sides by buying and selling players. Usually teams want to emerge when the window closes with a better squad […]
Read More Solid September: Searching And Strengthening For The Spiritual SojournThere are some who inform me eternity would be boring. Such thoughts make me chuckle. After all, how would we ever know? We live a finite number of years and most of that time is spent ageing involving a process of reaching a brief peak of physical and mental capacity before deteriorating and eventually returning […]
Read More An Eternal Perspective: When Time Is No MoreSilence. I know some who are frightened of silence. The stillness. The lack of activity. The absence of noise. It freaks some people out. They don’t feel of any use to anyone unless they are doing something, saying something! Some church gatherings appear dubious of being quiet. (With good reason in some cases.) They are […]
Read More A Comfort To Know: He Whispers Sweet PeaceThat whole glass half full or glass half empty business. What was that all about? The optimist and pessimist both miss the point. The point of the glass is to be full. We look for the full measure of a situation. Our desire in relationships is to get the full picture. Reaching a conclusion in […]
Read More A Glass Half Full Or Empty Or Overflowing
