Which basket contains your eggs of joy? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

Which Basket Carries the Most Eggs of Your Joy?

We’ve heard the saying most of our lives: “Don’t put all your eggs into one basket.” Originally, this meant that if you went out to get the eggs from your chickens, don’t put all those egg into one basket alone, for if you were to trip and drop the basket, then either all, or the Read more about Which Basket Carries the Most Eggs of Your Joy?[…]

What is your lament before God today? What is your greatest source of pain and confusion?

My Lament Before God

A lament is a complaint or a grievance that one expresses before God. The Bible is full of lamentations. You can, of course, look at the book of Lamentations to find a lament, or you can look at the Psalms as well that has a whole host of them. Recently I was reading Isaiah 38, Read more about My Lament Before God[…]

Are you a stranger to this world or a friend to this world? (image by pixabay.com)

A Stranger’s Indifference: Cultivating a lack of interest in this world

In “The Valley of Vision,” under the prayer entitled “Journeying On,” the prayer begins: “Lord of the cloud and fire, I am a stranger, with a stranger’s indifference; My hands hold a pilgrim’s staff, My march is Zionward, My eyes are toward the coming of the Lord, My heart is in thy hands without reserve…” Read more about A Stranger’s Indifference: Cultivating a lack of interest in this world[…]

Do we really believe that God has Christians' good in mind whenever even the toughest afflictions may come into our lives? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

Charles Spurgeon: Help from his View of Affliction

See a previous post I wrote on the value of biographies here Have you struggled with adversity in your life? Have you often wondered how to properly view the trials and struggles you’ve encountered? I know I have.  What I want to share with you now is some of the thoughts from the life of Read more about Charles Spurgeon: Help from his View of Affliction[…]

If your pastor is doing all the work, then you're not following God's guidelines for a healthy church (image courtesy of pixabay.com)
Will we hear the words "well done" when we come to die? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)