Thursday... This is so true.

Psalm 107:1 (NLT), "Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting - and conflict." And conflict. Now that is so true. And we have been and are seeing it in our world, in our nation and even in our homes.

Conflict. Is your home filled with peace or conflict?

We have been a nation in conflict and it is frustrating. But at least it hasn't brought us to what is happening in the Ukraine. Now that is conflict with death and evil involved.

But what about you? Verse 9 says, "Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends." But we won't let it go. We have to be right so we keep telling our side trying to get the other person to say your right. But being right isn't always the right thing. Love takes over when we stop pushing our side and stop and listen to the other side. We don't have to agree but listening and striving goes a long way in resolving conflict.

Verse 14 (MSG) says, "The start of a quarrel is like a leak in a dam, so stop it before it bursts." Oh if we would stop before it's too late.

Verse 17, "Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble." This whole time of Covid has been horrible and especially when we should all be together striving to solve the problem instead of trying to get our own way. What could have happened if we would have stuck together? But I have my rights. No, you give them back to God and He gives them back as privileges. "Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble."

And this is a good thought. Verse 28 (NLT) says, "Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent." And that is so true! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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