New Gems

I love to look at gems, but I don’t know much about them. They can be fake gems and still be pretty. Real gems can be worth lots of money. If I found one, I’d need lots of help discerning its value. Jesus was giving multiple examples of how valuable the Kingdom of Heaven is.…

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Thinking

“What were you thinking?” This was a question that I’ve been asked right after something I said or did “blew up in my face”!  I don’t always think before I speak. I’m sure that I’m not the only person who struggles with “disease”.  I also get frustrated with my thoughts at times. The things that…

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Simple Yes or No

I sometimes have a hard time saying “No”. I read a book on parenting several years ago and the author said that parents should always try to say “yes” and when they simply can’t, then they can say “no”.  I like making other people happy and I say yes to make them happy. I’ve learned…

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Inside Job

I have watched many movies and TV shows over the years where the traitor comes from within the organization and seeks destruction from the inside.  A robbery occurs and there are multiple clues that the thieves knew too much about the security systems and locations of where to go first. Inside jobs have a bit…

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Know

There are lots of things that I don’t know. There are also things I know for sure. Sometimes there are things I know because someone else told me. There are still other times when the Word of God tells me things that I now know. I know Who created the heavens and the earth. He…

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Bigger Than I Thought

No matter how big I imagine God, He’s bigger than that. No matter how powerful I think He is, He’s more powerful than that. I love reading through the Psalms as David gives such perspective to the majesty and power of God. Check this out…. 2 Honor the Lord for the glory of his name.     Worship the Lord in the…

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