I get the impression sometimes this is hard-wired into the fabric of modern Western society. It is subtle and it is almost established as something reasonable to have as something to achieve in life. That which I speak of is the importance of chasing riches. How it’s hard-wired into mainstream thinking is the thought that […]
Read More Foolishly Chasing RichesSolomon 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, ApplyIt was humbling to be reminded that only God knows what goes on with people’s hearts. A lot of the time what is done is good guessing. It is not rare for us to be wrong about someone. This is why it pays to love because God loves, as God loves by the power of […]
Read More God Alone KnowsPraying 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 TimeThere are plenty of interests, relationships and concerns that I would define as ‘a good thing’. My interest in writing, for example, is something I’d call a good thing. Using the opportunity to express myself in words is something in which I take great delight. I relish it. The interest in football I would certainly class […]
Read More Finding What’s GoodIt’s almost as though they sense when it’s coming and they swoop to support. I’m not sure if people are ever meant to have lots and lots of friends. When you consider what’s involved in a close relationship, the investment of time, the sharing of lives, progressing from simply superficial acquaintance to deep understanding, it […]
Read More Born For AdversityBetter 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 ControlI heard a saying that said with Christ in the vessel you can smile at the storm. Not taking away from what’s reassuring in the sentiment, there is something missing. When Jesus was on a boat in a storm, He didn’t expect His disciples to smile at it. He expected them to calm it. That’s […]
Read More Keeping It CalmThere’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 […]
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