Don’t just pretend that you love others: really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good. Love each other with brotherly affection and take delight in honoring each other. (Romans 12:9-13 TLB)
In this century, people try to rid their lawns of the pesky dandelion while others use it to help aerate the earth and help reduce erosion for the reason that its roots break through hard-packed soil. Because of the dandelion’s deep taproots, it can pull up calcium and other nutrients from the soil which actually improves the quality of the soil thus benefiting surrounding plants. In times gone by, dandelion tonics were used for ailments that ranged from warts to…..
In music, many different notes form a chord which together forms a key. There are instruments that are ‘electronically’ keyed. When played together in proper sequence, that ‘key’ unlocks the door to that instrument’s particular circuit, and that instrument only! No other instrument has that same key or is tuned to respond to that same key. And only when that sequence of tones — that key of its music, is played to that particular instrument — only then does that…..
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14
“My country girl mindset still has a hard time grasping the ancient hospitality’s shelter protocol of protecting guests at the cost of the host’s own life and/or the lives of his family. I mean, in that ancient culture the person or persons you take in for a night or two could be total strangers one minute, but they become ‘friends’ as long as they are your guests. This gets me that Jesus said that there’s not a stronger commitment than…..
A joyful, cheerful heart brings healing to both body and soul. But the one whose heart is crushed struggles with sickness and depression. (Proverbs 17:22)
The music we were hearing indicated we were late to the dedication of a small country church’s new sanctuary. Standing in its foyer a quickly devised plan was formed as to how to quietly sneak inside. My husband barely had one of the double doors parted before I swiftly executed my part and was standing in front of its twin companion. What followed was due to a couple of miscalculations. The first one was on the part of the church…..