Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas
It's Christmas today, the most sinificant event in history and most meaningful to us as christians. I am so joyful this morning for family that loves me. A wife that has stood with me for 25 years and has had a lot to do with my kids loving me. When I think of how God in all his slendor and glory, had a need to see ahead in humanity, a need of a savior, a Savior that would lay down his life for us, I can only find Praise and adoration for my Savior. He has removed the penalty of sin and replaced it with Everlasting Life! Tis the Season to be Joyful. May you and your family find Joy this Christmas and peace for the new year|
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
concerned too Much!
A few minutes ago a supposed friend suggested that I stop being concerned as their life had nothing to do with mine. How do you stop being concerned when we have been commanded to "carry each others' burdens" Galatians 6:2. When someone hurts another person whether it be intentional or unintentional is it right for us to stop being concerned? When we are faced with a decision to "love money more than people" that is where the root of all evil arrives from. If money becomes the sole basis of working so we can gratify the sinful desires of the heart, we will also stop being concerned for the person we have been placed placed with. This person needs prayer and a changed heart. How cowardly to accuse a friend of being to much concerned.
Some general teaching about friendship. In the first place, the Bible says, "A man that hath friends must show himself friendly" (Prov. 18: 24). Some are too distant to form friendships. There is great value in friendship. "Two are better than one," wrote the wise man (Eccl. 4: 9). A true friend will stand by, even in times of trouble. "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity," the Bible says (Prov. 17: 17). To the converse, the Bible speaks of false friends when it warns, "Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint" (Prov. 25: 19). There are some people that are not desired to be friends. For instance, "Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go" (Prov. 22: 24). A true friend will tell us when we are wrong. Hear the Bible, "Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful" (Prov. 27: 6). Genuine friends must be cherished and not forsaken (Prov. 27: 10).
Some general teaching about friendship. In the first place, the Bible says, "A man that hath friends must show himself friendly" (Prov. 18: 24). Some are too distant to form friendships. There is great value in friendship. "Two are better than one," wrote the wise man (Eccl. 4: 9). A true friend will stand by, even in times of trouble. "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity," the Bible says (Prov. 17: 17). To the converse, the Bible speaks of false friends when it warns, "Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint" (Prov. 25: 19). There are some people that are not desired to be friends. For instance, "Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go" (Prov. 22: 24). A true friend will tell us when we are wrong. Hear the Bible, "Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful" (Prov. 27: 6). Genuine friends must be cherished and not forsaken (Prov. 27: 10).
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