Growing old on the outside…

I had to laugh when I read Ecclesiastes 12:1-4 yesterday.  I copied it into my journaling notes to write about later. I read it aloud to Holly and she said, “The bible tells it like it is doesn’t it?  It doesn’t hold back.” Check this out: The Problems of Old Age...

“A little birdie told me.”

Here it is!  You’ve heard the phrase people say when you ask “How did you hear this or that?”.  They often say with a grin, “A little birdie told me.”  Did you know that that saying actually comes from the bible? Believe it! I cracked up when I read Ecclesiastes...

Life is not fair!

Life is not fair.  We’ve heard it time and time again.  This weekend I have witnessed this saying in action.  Friday afternoon, on my way home from work, I was at a stop sign just one block from my home. There were a couple of cars in front of me and a few behind me. ...

"Aha-ness"

Teaching is a rewarding job.  I love seeing those moments of “Ahaness” on the students’ faces when they discover something new. This past week I gave a homework assignment that I knew we hadn’t discussed much in class.  We started off the week by learning multiplying...

Rely on Him

Today’s scriptures were another set of those verses that I could just camp on all day, reread, and “marinate” in (as my dear friend and associate pastor, Tommy Warnock, often says).  I love God’s word! One of the many lessons that God reminded me of today is that...