Joy Or Happiness? What’s the difference between joy and happiness? Happiness is transient, self-centered, and circumstantial. Joy is an inner feeling of peace that passes understanding (Phil. 4:7). It is not dependent on externals. It is fed by righteous living, knowing where you’ll append eternity, and having a commitment to serving others. It will carry over into eternity. Happiness can […]
Are You Going Too? Sixty years ago Simon and Garfunkel had a hit song, Scarborough Fair, in which the lyrics ask the question, “Are you going to Scarborough Fair?” I thought I’d use a little word play on today’s title. Five years ago, I wrote a blog post with the title “Blameless With Great Joy.” It focused primarily on the […]
The Word or The World The difference between “word” and “world” is one little letter. But the difference between “The Word” and “the world” is infinite. I don’t know the etymology of the word world. But I do know that the enemy of The Word thinks he controls the world. To an extent he does; at least all the people […]
Be Ready Did your parents ever ask you, “Are you ready for…(fill in the blank)?” The blank could be anything. For example, “your algebra test”, “graduation”, “your job interview”? You get the point. These samples share one thing; you know the date for all of them. There is one “fill in the blank” that we’re sure will happen. We just […]
Choose Life…Today There is a reason two of my books have the word Today in their title. We can’t replay yesterday or spend tomorrow. Today is the only day we have to make decisions, to work on projects around the house, to visit friends, literally to do anything. Sure, we can put things off. But what if our time is […]
Why Not? If you’re reading this and don’t believe God created the world and all in it and He controls everything under the sun, you can either walk away or be prepared to read some things that will be hard for you to grasp. Today is the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the day that America was attacked by religious zealots […]