Rod Stallings 13 Everything exposed by the light is made visible, (Ephesians 5:13 CSB) How can we be light to this world if our lives are shrouded in darkness? How can we expect to show the way if we are not first exemplifying the way? How can we hope to build others up if we are not … Read more
15 So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 8:15 CSB) There is much joy to be found in … Read more
12 Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:12 CSB) What happens when something has “taken hold” of us? Well, it tends to consume us doesn’t it. So … Read more
10 …“Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?”… (Job 2:10 CSB abridged) The road is not always nice and smooth and straight. For anyone who has driven or ridden out in West Texas can tell you, long stretches of straight road that seem to go on forever can be quite boring. However, … Read more
23 I know, Lord, that a person’s way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps. 24 Discipline me, Lord, but with justice— not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:23-24 CSB) Yet, sometimes we need to be reduced to nothing. When our path … Read more