Archive | September, 2016

Punched in the Emotional face

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit”  Psalm 147:3,5 (NIV) We all go through times of ‘heartbreak’ and disappointment. Those are situations that can create loneliness, discouragement and hopelessness. Life can hurt at times. There can be experiences that we run into that […]

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Renew your renewability

“Therefore we do not lose heart.Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day”  2 Corinthians 4:16-17 (NIV) When I hit the age of 50, I physically felt really old. Though I am a lot slower when I try to play basketball with my children, my interpersonal interactions are […]

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Oh darn, I’m the foot

Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body”    1 Corinthians 12:15 (NIV) The Apostle Paul is writing this to a group of people who had a tendency to compare themselves to […]

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Verbally stop in your tracks

” How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?”  Matthew 7:4 (NIV) Many times we find comfort in complaining or criticizing others. It’s easy to do, especially when talking about someone that we feel threatened […]

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