I was eleven with a twenty-six-inch bicycle, and I wanted to experience what it could do. Dad was the foreman of a lumber camp some twenty miles from home, and I talked him into spending a night at the camp after which I would ride home the next day. It was a good ride, although I was fearful at times, for I was alone. He’d allowed me to do that, because I’m sure, he planned to tell the truckers to keep an eye on his willful, adventurous kid.

I’m an old man now, but I believe God has told the angels, “Keep an eye on my boy until he gets home because he doesn’t know what he’s getting himself into sometimes.”

Psalm 91:11-12 

For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

Psalm 23:6 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

On your way home, give this some thought.

Gary

While it is impossible to give an exact global head count, millions of people enjoy fruitcake, with commercial bakeries selling over 2 million pre-made cakes annually in the U.S. alone. Historic single-town bakeries move millions of pounds each year.  The UK maintains a massive and traditional holiday market for it.  Personally, I think the Brits have strange tastes because they also like the monarchy.

Back to what you like and don’t like, how about this:

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching fall like rain and My Words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Do you like these verses or not?  It says something about your taste. Give it some consideration.

Gary

“Just One Look” was a hit song when it came out in 1963 and was sung by many groups which put it back on the charts over the years. How many got involved with some sort of sadness and regret because they believed in that false premise of love at first sight?  Like pop-ups on your computer, don’t click on that unless you really know what you are doing. There are demons out there that work to capture you if you’ll only look.

Does the Bible address this phenomenon? Glad you asked.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Romans 12:2 

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Be careful about what captures your attention at first glance. Give it some consideration.

Gary

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

–       Bill Watterson

There certainly is something wrong with us. The only reasonable explanation is what took place in the garden some six thousand years ago. The Bible is a record of man’s failure. Surely while reading the news and studying history, you just can’t get away from that fact.

Here’s the baseline:

Romans 3:23

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Thankfully, there is a way to parachute out of this mess.

John 3:16

 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Give it some thought and make the jump.

Gary

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

–       Thomas Paine

Based on personal experience, I know Tom sure had that right.  Unreasonable people seem to be more common in our present age. Does the Bible address the need for reason? Glad you asked.

Isaiah 1:18 

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

James 3:17 

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Let’s be reasonable because God requires it from us. Give it some thought.

Gary

She talked about her youth and how the home held love, security and family that loved one another and their parents. This was not the case of a friend she was visiting. The girl admired the atmosphere that was so commonplace to her but lacking under her own family’s roof.

This reminded me of what the church should have to offer but sadly is not always the case.

Hebrews 10:24-25 

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Acts 20:28 

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which He obtained with His own blood.

The family of God sure is something when unity is given priority. Give it some thought and invite a friend over.

Gary

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

–       A. A. Milne

The Christian experience is not about doing nothing but being actively involved in doing something good every day as we walk this planet.

James 1:22 

But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

James 1:25 

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

Come on. Get off your can and do what you can. Give it some thought.

Gary