Thought for today

What is your ambition in life today? Is it to get rich? Is it to make a name for yourself? Is it even to do some wonderful thing for God? Listen to me, beloved. The highest desire that can possess any human heart is a longing to see God.
- J. Vernon McGee

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A book I read

The book is titled "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck and is a true story of a farmer in China before the revolution. This farmer was a poor man and he married a slave girl...not beautiful/ugly.. because this was the best he would do then. But eventually he became a rich man. In the process his wife was faithful and hardworking and having been a slave in a rich house knew many things of life at a higher standard in society. But she worked hard with the poor farmer while he became rich...they had to go through a terrible famine with four children and she was faithful to him all along. But eventually when the farmer became rich he came across a new thing in life... such as visiting tea shops with harlots. He fell in love with a beautiful harlot and then he started noticing that his wife is ugly. He even married the harlot and brought her home offering her a better standard of life. The first wife was heart broken and she cried saying she had borne him sons...even though the terr...

Anvil Time

On God's anvil. Perhaps you've been there. Melted down. Formless. Undone. Placed on the anvil for ... reshaping? I know. I've been on it. It's rough. It's a spiritual slump, a famine. The fire goes out. Although the fire may flame for a moment, it soon disappears. We drift downward. Downward into the foggy valley of question, the misty lowland of discouragement. Motivation wanes. Desire is distant. Responsibilities are depressing. Passion? It slips out the door. Enthusiasm? Are you kidding? Anvil time. It can be caused by a death, a breakup, going broke, going prayerless. The light switch is flipped off and the room darkens. "All the thoughtful words of help and hope have all been nicely said. But I'm still hurting, wondering..." On the anvil. Brought face-to-face with God out of the utter realization that we have nowhere else to go. Jesus in the garden. Peter with a tear-streaked face. David after Bathsheba. Elijah and the ...

Defintions of Love

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year olds. "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. 1. When my grandma got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toe nails anymore. So my grandpa does it for her now all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love. Rebecca - age 8 2. When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouths.Billy - age 4 3. Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving Cologne and they go out and smell each other. Kari - age 5 4. Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs. Chrissy - age 6 5. Love is what makes you smile when you're tired. Terri - age 4 6. Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to mak...

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