No matter what else you wear, never forget to about the basic, all-purpose garment which should be part of every outfit–LOVE. Wear it every day. Colossians 3:14 (New Living Translation) Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. Colossians 3:14 (The Message) And regardless of what… Read More
Colossians 3:13 Can I change how I respond?
Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Are you positive about people or do you keep a list of their wrongs and your judgments of them? Do someone who hurt you have to say he is sorry before you will forgive them–is your forgiveness dependent on someone else? Does your forgiveness have strings attached? In the… Read More
Colossians 3:12 How can you tell if I’m a Christ-follower?
WWJD–What would Jesus do? This expression probably doesn’t have the impact today that it had to many of us when it first was printed on t-shirts, bracelets, necklaces, and billboards. But it is still a question Christ’s followers are called on to make in every situation of every day. And we prepare ourselves to be… Read More
Is there a mothering gene?
A young man recently commented about the amount of patience it took to care for an under-the-weather two-year-old fulltime for a few days. He said that he thought women must have some kind of “mothering gene” that surfaced when needed. After a good laugh and composing a facetious list of latent genes that we all… Read More
