Archive for March, 2017

Nurture Your Seed …
He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds […]
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Many Get Invited; Only a Few Make it.
My daughter is reading William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet in her 9th grade English class. She’s having a hard time understanding it and so she came to me for help. “Don’t look at me, kid,” was my first thought. I remember reading the play in my 9th grade English class. Every time the teacher called […]
Continue ReadingSatisfying our Hunger
“Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.” – George Carlin Ugh. When I read my assignment for this series and saw I would be needing to identify with the parable of the hidden treasure, I cringed. Jesus was an amazing teacher, but […]
Continue ReadingJoy in Whatever Circumstance
It’s Friday and I’m sitting listening to “How Great Is Our God”, singing to myself and thinking about what keeps us from the next level, or reaching our capabilities that God has given us. How do we know what He has in store for us? What if we keep getting in His way? Fail to […]
Continue ReadingThe Parable of the Bags of Gold
14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who […]
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Short and Sweet
Gratitude: a feeling of thankfulness or appreciation. Several weeks ago I shared a couple of things that were shared with me during the early part of my spiritual awakening: “I’m not the person I could be, And, I’m not the person I should be.But thank God I’m not the person I used to be.” and […]
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