We have different gifts. —Romans 12:6 There may be people who are better speakers than you. There may be people who are better leaders than you. There may be lots of people who can do lots of things better than you. But no one is as good at being you as you. […]
The Lord your God is with you. —Zephaniah 3:17 Zephaniah’s little four-chapter book begins with sadness but ends with singing. Its opening salvos trumpet Judah’s looming defeat and captivity. But its closing words promise that one happy day, God will bring the captives back home. Your life journey will
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Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. —Ecclesiastes 9:10 George Bernard Shaw wrote: “Liberty means responsibility.” Charles Swindoll said: “It’s one thing to sing and dance to liberty’s tunes, but it’s something else entirely to bear the responsibility for paying the band.” Meaningful achievements get done by doers, not
I have finished the work which you have given me to do. —John 17:4 I have this advantage over most of my readers: I have officiated at several hundred funerals. “That’s an advantage?” you ask. Well, yes, it is. It’s far from pleasant—draining, in fact—but it
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A trustworthy person keeps a secret.| —Proverbs 11:13 A segment of the physician’s Hippocratic Oath runs this way: “Whatever, in the course of my practice, I may see or hear, whatever I may happen to obtain knowledge of, if it be not proper to repeat it,
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Rejoice in the Lord always. —Philippians 4:4 Judah was in chaos. Their economy was in the tank, and a battle with Babylon that they couldn’t win was headed their way. The prophet Habakkuk was terrified. His heart was pounding, his lips were quivering, and his legs were trembling (Hb 3:16). But even
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Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! —2 Corinthians 9:15 My desk is illuminated by bright lights. Thanks, Mr. Edison. Perched on my nose are eyeglasses that make things clear. Thanks, Mr. Franklin. In my garage is a car ready to take me
We are his workmanship. —Ephesians 2:10 “My lifelong dream was to find this great ship, and during the past thirteen years the quest for her had dominated my life. Now, finally, the quest was over.” So wrote Robert Ballard after discovering the Titanic more than two miles deep in the North Atlantic. Do
Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life. —Proverbs 4:23 Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, Clement Stone, and Norman Vincent Peale didn’t originate the genre of Thought Control. Predating those notables by centuries, Solomon personified Wisdom as saying, “Be careful what you think, because your
Be strong in the Lord. —Ephesians 6:10 From the day Martin Luther nailed those ninety-five theses to the door of the Wittenberg church to the day he appeared at Worms before the most threatening body of church prelates and political moguls of his day, he stood as the embodiment of courage. Reading his Latin
