Today, it seems as though there is just so much hatred in the world. We hate people for: Religious reasons Racial reasons Gender reasons Work ethic Being poor Being rich Being different Disagreeing We claim to be a nation that is tolerant of others, but the reality is that we are very intolerant. If I […]
Love Thy Neighbor
I am instructed to love thy neighbor. Mark 12:31 New International Version (NIV) 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” First lets define my neighbor. This is anyone that I come in contact with. However lets be honest people make it very difficult to love them […]
Be Still and Wait for God
You who are praying to God, how often are you being still and waiting for a response? I would venture to say that you are not. Lets face it, we have a fast paced life and if we are being still, most of us feel like we are wasting precious time. However, the reality is […]
Liking People?
Not sure how you feel, but I really do not like people. I find most people to be: arrogant rude conceited nosy obnoxious argumentative know it all always right hateful moody liars manipulative selfish This makes it really tough to be around them. Our society does not do much to alter this either. For example, […]
Goal of Every Church?
What is the goal of every church? To me, it is to show love the way Christ showed love. It is not the churches place to pass judgement on people. It is the churches responsibility however to show other members of the congregation how to live. This puts a lot on the churches shoulders. I […]
History
I am not a history buff, but there are pieces of information that I know about our country. My belief is that I really do not care about dates, but more about the concepts. Why? The dates to me are unimportant when is come to making sure that we do not repeat the past. Lets […]
Memory
This could be due to age or poor nutrition or who knows what, but my memory these days sucks and I seem to have forgotten a lot of things. If you ask my wife, she would tell you at one time that my memory was exceptional. Now we would argue over the events that happened, […]
Called According to God’s Purpose
Many believe that with this passage, that things are already set in stone and that your fate has already been determined so why not live how I like and deal with the consequences later. I on the other hand do not believe this is the case. I think we are all called and it is […]
Equality
Equality in America does not exist. If you think it does, then imagine yourself as a White male out there looking for a job competing against a Black or Hispanic male, a White or Black or Hispanic female. Who do you think will win? I can tell you that it will not be the White […]
Living Like Forrest Gump
I was watching Forrest Gump tonight and it got me thinking. Here was a man that lived life the way it was supposed to be lived. He believed in something and went for it. When he said something, he kept his word. He loved unconditionally, especially Jenny, and while he wanted the girl to love […]