Healthy life. Peaceful life. Wealthy life. Joyful life. Do any (or all) of those describe you in your life? If not, my first question is: Do you love your neighbor after you love yourself first? Yeah, I said after you love yourself first. I started thinking about something I wrote somewhere around 10 years ago after I read the second half of Paul’s letter … Read the rest…
Category Archives: Rhyme and Reason Daily Devotional
Just because some authoritative power makes a rule doesn’t make the rule a good one, a just one, or a fair one. In fact, many rules, policies, and laws are downright bad. But you gotta think and ponder and examine to know which rules are good and which are bad. Before you decide to break rules you’d better be sure you’re on the right … Read the rest…
You may believe what the talking heads on TV say, but I don’t. They can’t even get the weather right most of the time, so why would we think they can get human idiosyncrasies right? I know why they can’t (or don’t) get things right. It boils down to a principal thing, a 6 letter word… Wisdom! It’s the principal thing. It’s the main … Read the rest…
Why would anyone say something like ~ I Am Nothing? Because my guess is most people who say that are just chiming in with a little false humility. Have you ever asked yourself any, or all, these three questions: Am I not important? Does my life mean nothing? Do I serve no useful purpose in this world? The answer to all three of those … Read the rest…
By the Grace of God I’ve enjoyed a life filled with music, singing, and songwriting. I’ve been all over the country because of my ability to carry a tune. And I say by the Grace of God because I’ve been a miserable failure in so many other ways…so many times. God never saw fit to take my gifts away. For some reason He still … Read the rest…
It’s easy to think about God and how much He loves me. I’ve been doing that practically my whole life. And that’s quite a few years now. Something else I’ve hoped for practically my whole life is this: I hope you can look around you and get the same feeling of love I’m talking about. Maybe not you specifically. But you are included in … Read the rest…
In his letter to the Philippians (which can be found in the Bible, in case you didn’t know), Paul mentioned “fellow workers” whose names are written in the Book of Life. And I believe that’s a book you wanna make sure your name is in. I know I do. Because, Whether it’s a physical book or not, it appears to be pretty important. Because … Read the rest…