Psalms 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Recently, my wife and I have had a renewed sense of the need to take vitamins for our health. As I was pondering vitamins, it dawned on me how taking vitamins is like a mature approach to reading [...]
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. “Blessed are the peacemakers”…when the term “peacemaker” is used the initial thought is of someone who keeps the peace between two opposing parties. A “peacemaker” solves dilemmas often without the force of violence, although the threat of violence is sometimes [...]
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Sar Shalom, in Hebrew). You may have already [...]
Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. My wife came across a joke that’ll surely make you ladies laugh out loud — and you men too– that is, if you know what’s good for you, lol! A small-town couple was celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary [...]
Psalms 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Charles William Eliot, former president of Harvard University, had a birthmark on his face that bothered him greatly. As a young man, [...]
James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. John 5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? Jesus asked this man “Do you want [...]
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. We’ve been working [...]
