15 So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 8:15 CSB) There is much...
Taken Hold
12 Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:12 CSB) What happens when something has “taken hold” of us? Well, it tends to...
Accepting All
10 ...“Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?”... (Job 2:10 CSB abridged) The road is not always nice and smooth and straight. For anyone who has driven or ridden out in West Texas can tell you, long stretches of straight road that seem to go on forever...
Reduced to Nothing
23 I know, Lord, that a person’s way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps. 24 Discipline me, Lord, but with justice— not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:23-24 CSB) Yet, sometimes we need to be reduced...
In & Is
7 The person who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed. (Jeremiah 17:7 CSB) Trust and confidence can be elusive creatures. Sometimes we trust too freely and at other times too slowly. Confidence seems to come and go with the wind and the waves of...