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“That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.” —1 Corinthians 12:25 Pat Riley is credited as the coach that transformed the Los Angles Lakers into a consist championship basketball team. Riley wrote a book titled, “The Winner Within.” In one chapter he …
Paying It Forward “It is more blessed to give than receive.” —Acts 20:35 Yesterday I had to take a package to the Post Office to send “Priority Mail.” I planned to charge the postage to my Visa Card. But, when I arrived at the Post Office signs were posted on the lobby door that read …
“Nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.” —Luke 22:42 In every act of obedience there is a crossroad where a decision must be made to go one way or another way. To obey one must to choose to follow one path and leave another—even if there is nothing bad about the path you are …
“…all joy is darkened…” —Isaiah 24:11 I recently took my wife to the hospital for an out-patient surgery. While I waited in the designated waiting area, a family came in with their grayed haired mother on a wheel chair. She was about 60 years old and waited to be taken to surgery. While the family …
“…They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses” —Psalm 107:6, 13, 19, 28 Job 5:7 says, “man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” Ain’t that the truth?! From the time we are born until we go to heaven, trouble will be reality in all of …
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 …