Scripture: Psalm 119:130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. Thought for the Day: You’ve probably been seeing a lot of plecia nearctica around. That’s the little insect better known as the Lovebug or the Honeymoon Fly. As I was mowing the lawn yesterday, they were thick and annoying. I said out loud, “I wish these Lovebugs would get lost”, but
Scripture: Proverbs 11:25 A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water. Thought for the Day: Rev Bruce Barkhauer did a presentation last fall here at Cypress Creek Christian Church. Recently, he posted the following on Facebook: “If generosity was easy, it wouldn’t be considered a discipline. It is a choice – choose wisely.” I wish generosity was something that came naturally to
Scripture: Exodus 3:7-8 Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey,
Scripture: 1st Peter 2:4-5 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Thought for the Day: There are times when I find myself saying, “Oh, that’s one of my favorite verses in
Scripture: 1st Peter 2:1-3 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Thought for the Day: We have a hymn in our Chalice Hymnal entitled, “All Who Hunger Gather Gladly”. There is a line
Scripture: Psalm 119:99-103 (the Message) I’ve even become smarter than my teachers since I’ve pondered and absorbed your counsel. I’ve become wiser than the wise old sages simply by doing what you tell me. I watch my step, avoiding the ditches and ruts of evil so I can spend all my time keeping your Word. I never make detours from the route you laid out; you gave me
Scripture: Proverb 14:23 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. Thought for the Day: Yesterday I was introduced to something in the human body that I had never known before. As I put my feet on the floor first thing in the morning, I discovered a muscle that runs along the backside of the leg, just a little bit toward the inside
Scripture:1st Samuel 17:3-6 The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat
Scripture: Ephesians 2:10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. Thought for the Day: Yesterday evening we returned from a quick trip to Kansas City where I had the honor of presiding at my niece’s wedding. It was a glorious occasion. Upon arriving at home a little before 7pm, we
Scripture: Exodus 2:24-25 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God looked upon the Israelites, and God took notice of them. Thought for the Day: I like how God is affected by the groans of the people. God does not act in a mechanistic way, but is compassionately responsive to the injustice and suffering of the Israelites. Too often, the church