Speaking Truth!

Someone has said that, "tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy." Some might say that tact could also be defined as speaking the truth in love, but I don't think so, for the fact is, speaking the truth, even in love, will make many enemies. Jesus said it this way, men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. (John 3:19) We should be more focused on speaking truth, rather than being worried about making an enemy. May the Lord help us all to be about His business.

How Quick Are We To Forgive!

How quick are we to forgive someone who has sinned against us and seriously hurt us? Is there possibly a correlation between how quickly we forgive to how much we love? Jesus in teaching on forgiveness in Luke 7:47 says about the woman who washed his feet with tears and wiped them with the hair of her head, " Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little." In summary, when we have much forgiven we then love much. I believe that forgiving someone is a barometer which tells the true story of just how loving we are or we aren't.

Change!

Two caterpillars were crawling across the grass when a butterfly flew over them. They looked up, and one nudged the other and said, "You couldn't get me up in one of those things for a million dollars." We need to be careful what we say about life's situations, for God is not finished with any of us. It remains to be seen just what God will have us to do and be at this point in our lives. He adds a little here, and a little there, line upon line, precept upon precept. One thing we can be sure of, we will be the ones to change for scripture tells us that God doesn't change.

We Are The Ones!

A nationally known celebrity once said, "Do you realize that one in every four Americans is unbalanced? Think of your three closest friends. If they seem OK, you are the one!" I don't know about all of that but, isn't it great that we are the ones who have the mind of Christ (I Corinthians 2: 16) , and like the Apostle Paul who said in Philippians 4: 13, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Home!

Someone once said, home is where your heart is. I wonder if it shouldn't go like this, home is where love is? What do you think about when you think about home?

The End Of All Things Is At Hand!

"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." I Peter 4:7 In the Amplified Bible it goes like this, "But the end and culmination of all things has now come near: keep soundminded and self-restrained and alert therefore for the practice of prayer." Are we sober, watching in prayer, soundminded, self restrained, and alert and in prayer?" Self restrained means we are to be heavenly minded and not earthly minded. The allure of earth and the things it has to offer are enticing to most. We must be ready for the Lord's coming. The Lord said that when he comes, if a man is on the roof top he is not to come down for his stuff, but is to leave it. Remember Lot's wife who looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt. We brought nothing into this world and will take nothing out of this world. Let's keep ready, for the end of all things is at hand.

Heavenly Minded!

I once heard someone say about another brother, "He is so heavenly minded that he is no earthly good." Could this be possible? I think not, for if we are heavenly minded then we understand that the language of heaven is love. Here on earth we are to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love our neighbor as ourselves. We will be used of God to do a world of good, if we love as instructed.