The Marginalized

22 “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 23:22 ESV) Merriam-Webster defines Marginalized as...

Easy Come, Easy Go

5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. (Proverbs 23:5 NIV) The old saying, “Easy come, Easy go”, was quipped for exactly our scripture verse today. Money is fleeting. Much like the...

Unstained

27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. (James 1:27 ESV) I believe, due to the presence of our sin nature, it to be very difficult to live life without being stained by the...

Ask, but Check

2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. (James 4:2 ESV) Our scripture today is truly a focus on why we go about life without what we desire because we...

Kick a Dog

34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. (Romans 8:34 ESV) We know that our enemy creates many situations to distract us to sin. But do we also realize that...