Many men and women attend church on a weekly basis and put their “˜best foot forward’ on Sundays. That attitude may continue all through that day set aside to worship God. A question comes to mind…does that same attitude go with them into Monday, Tuesday, etc.? Are kindness and generosity a way of life when […]

Where do you find a reliable doctor or lawyer? Do you first look in the yellow pages? Or do you ask friends who they have trusted with their lives? Where do you go for trustworthy advice for financial decisions? These professionals and the services they give are building their reputations for being trustworthy, upright in […]

One person I know makes a list of things “˜to-do’ for the day. Before he retired he was known as a person who was diligent and a “˜go-to’ guy who would accomplish what needed to be done. His method of operation was…doing the most disagreeable thing first and by the end of the day he […]

Promises are not always kept. If you can’t fulfill a promise, don’t make it! To keep a promise is to act on that promise and make a commitment to follow through with your words. Your own words will prove your integrity or your willingness to compromise for your own ends to be achieved. Broken promises […]

Late nights and very early morning hours are times that are dangerous to be out and about. Where you and I choose to be at midnight, one, two or even three A.M. will determine the greatest measure of safety or danger. The darkness of night is a cover for doing those things that are illegal […]

One of the popular sports where there is no referee or umpire watching for infraction of the rules is golf. If a player touches the ball and it moves, it is counted as a stroke. Golf is unique in that the players themselves will “˜report’ themselves when a rule has been broken. Such is the […]

Words give insight into a person’s character. The tone of voice, the facial expression, and the body language can be carefully schooled to fool some of the people some of the time. But no one can fool all the people all of the time. Ruth’s character was well known because of her loving actions toward […]

Protection comes in many forms. There is the protection of marriage for a man and a woman and the protection of a family for both children and parents. Our lives are protected by a police force and firefighters, medical personnel and our country’s armed forces. For believers in Christ Jesus we have the protection from […]

Cinderella ran from the prince at the stroke of midnight and as she ran she lost a glass slipper. She was back to being poor Cinderella, the servant who sat among the ashes and waited on her step-mother and step-sisters. The prince searched throughout the kingdom for his true love. When the glass slipper was […]

How you approach today will have an impact on your tomorrow. How you lived yesterday can be changed in this “˜today’. Each person is responsible before God – to trust Him, to obey what He says. Of course, it is your choice if you obey or go your own willful way. Today is counted in […]