“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart.” Mark 12:30 NKJV. God values the priority of righteous lives above religious practices. My thoughts and comments today are about “the periphery.” Mrs. Cook, my fourth grade teacher at Blair Elementary in North Venice, Illinois, encouraged my love for […]
“If you forgive those who sin against you, your Father will forgive you.” Matthew 6:15 NLT. A forgiving heart offers love undeserved and unmeasured. My thoughts and comments today are about “a forgiving heart.” There will not be a shortage of offenses, nor a lack of opportunities – really necessities […]
Get Over It! God gives you the grace to forgive; forgiveness offers the grace to get over it. “See to it . . that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble.” Hebrews 12:15 NIV. There will be things that happen when the best thing you can do is just […]
“Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21 NIV Life is better when you respond positively to negative realities. My thoughts and comments today are about “getting even.” Getting even might feel good for the moment but its satisfaction is short-lived and leaves a lingering, […]
“Looking diligently . . lest any root of bitterness spring up.” Hebrews 12:15 NKJV “Be quick to bring every hurt and disappointment to God’s healing hands.” My thoughts today are about the “poison of bitterness.” There are things that may not seem very big at the time, but later can […]