I hear this statement often during this time of year: “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” Really??? Actually—“You and I are the reason for the season.” 1 Timothy 1:15 says, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” You and I are the real reason why Jesus came to …
Last night I saw a TV commercial for SHAG senior housing. Lou Piniella asks, “I have a question for you—What are you waiting for?” Good question for everyone to consider. This ole world we live in is a gigantic “waiting room.” Everyone is waiting for something: Graduation… Marriage… The birth of a baby… A raise …
“There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.” (William Hazlitt) “God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie …
“I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.” (Edward Gibbon, quoted in the Associated Press) “Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands—and then eat just one of the pieces.” (Judith Viorst, quoted in The …
“Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one’s insistence that he possesses it.” (Kenneth Bancroft Clark, quoted in The Los Angeles Times) “By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” (Charles Wadsworth, quoted in the Mobile, Ala., Press-Register) “The man who insists on …