No, we are not talking about beautiful funeral ceremonies, although some funeral services are very touching. You watch some funeral services and you feel like weeping because they are so well-organized. People say wonderful and powerful things about the departed. Wonderful as those events are, only one death qualifies as a glorious death. And if…
Lovely Disobedience
This particular topic is hard to compose despite our being well into our series on positive problems. As you know, the series is to help you develop a divine point of view. You start to see even negative situations in a Godly way knowing they will turn out positive at the end. Of course, you…
Strong Weakness
The man who popularized the strange concept of strong weakness also wrote sixty-six percent of the New Testament. What was even more interesting was that he was following up on a conversation that he and God were having. He had prayed for help with a problem, and which of us does not know about that?…
Triumphs In Trouble
The idea that faith triumphs in trouble is not original to this post. We lifted it from the running head of the first five verses of the fifth chapter of Romans. Hopefully, saying it that way should help you remember that Romans 5.1-5 is where you build character. You can always refer to it from…
The Beauty Of Pain
This is not our first post on the usefulness of pain. The first time, we opined that pain was a divine alert. It is much like your bank alert, letting you know you have to take action. We noted then that the illnesses that do not have the pain alert are the fastest killers. They…
Glory Of The Latter
It was my son who shared what he called an architectural quote with me. Those professionals believe that the first house you build is for your enemy. The second one is for your friend and the third one is for you. The reason, I am told, is that you make a lot of mistakes the…