I very much enjoy reading the back and forth discussions between Job (Old Testament) and his friends. Job was a very wise and wealthy man; a God fearing man. During Job’s time, “the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord. Satan came also among them. The Lord said unto Satan, “Whence comest…
Tag: Family
On Death, As A Mystery?
There are many stories and jokes about death, some sad, some funny but there are many stories that use death as their central theme. You may say that death is not a joking matter. Why not? Death is universal, it is expected, in some cases it is tragic and in some it is sad, but…
On The Best And The Worst
Charles Dickens, in writing his book, A Tale of Two Cities, began his story by saying, “It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times.” That statement could apply to every era, every generation, and to every household in every country that has ever shared this beautiful earth. Too! It represents every period of…
On Doing What Is Necessary
I have always loved a good story, especially one that ends in a way that you least expected. The following story is such a one: “One dark night outside a small town, a fire started inside the local chemical plant and within minutes it exploded into flames. An alarm went out to fire departments for…
On Yesterday
The song, “Yesterday,” was one of the most popular songs for many years, but we seldom hear it anymore. There were parts of it that were very meaningful and which made one contemplate life and lost youth. I have always had a difficult time hearing the lyrics while a song is being sung. Even though…
On Niches
I was talking to one of my sons the other day about work, life and things in general. And the word ‘niche’ came up, and I thought that would be an important subject to think and write about. That is where most of these thoughts that make up the things I have written over the…
On Hesitation
There are many reasons why we should hesitate to do things, especially without having carefully thought them through first. The saying; ‘He who hesitates is lost” Is oftimes fool’s advice. Many decisions we make in life should be made a matter of prayer and or careful thought. When we are pressured to move forward with…
On Setting Boundaries
We seldom think of how important a person is who cleans the building after the rest of us have gone home for the night. People come in and go out of our lives like two ships passing in the night. We see and may even blow our huge foghorns (wave) at one another but that…
On Big and Little Things
A man of God had a particular mission to perform. The Lord told him just what he must do, and just what he must refrain from doing. He could not go wrong if he followed instructions. The tragedy is that he strictly carried out the most difficult part, and failed in the easiest part of…
On “Joy”
After our first three children were boys, we were fortunate to have a little girl. It was a great joy for our family to have a sweet, thoughtful little girl. As she grew she would leave little loving notes around the house for her mother and father but even for her brothers. She was different…