That’s not my age; it’s just not true.
My heart is young; the time just flew.
I’m staring at this strange old face,
And someone else is in my place!

Oh, yes, that’s you all right. Father time has taken the hair from your legs and placed it on your ears. The bags under your eyes are not the ones that used to be given free from the supermarket. You suffer from furniture disease because what was once in your chest is now in your drawers. Those teeth were manufactured somewhere in another state you never visited.

Like to have a real goodlooking and capable body? You can.

Philippians 3:20-21

Christ will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body, by the power that enables Him even to subject all things to Himself.

1 Corinthians 15:51-52

 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

As a believer, be encouraged because a brand new body is coming. Keep hope alive. Give it some thought.

Gary

New study suggests Earth could escape the Sun’s fiery demise: however, humanity’s fate remains sealed. Five billion years from now, the Sun will run out of fuel and expand into a red giant — a massive, dying star.

I stayed up all night sweating after reading that article. Then I remembered the Scriptures.

Genesis 8:22

 “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
Winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.”

God will decide when it’s over and not our atheistic scientists. Give it some consideration.

Gary

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

–       Alan Dundes

He claimed to be an evangelist, and the church invited him for a series of meetings. What he lacked in the knowledge of Scripture, he made up for in theatrics. People in the congregation gathered around him and he blessed them all. One even fell to the floor by the touch of his hand.

The question I have is, why is a segment of the church open to such shenanigans? Here’s what Scripture says:

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables.

These false teachers look to where the herd is heading and get out front. Here is the way it should be.

1 Peter 5:2-3

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; 

Give it some thought.

Gary

A terrible activity many probably endured was standing up in front of class and giving an oral book report. Some skipped school that day and others wished the bus would run over them before embarking on it. Some, like me, could do it even if we hadn’t read the book. However, looking foolish was sometimes the biproduct.

The nation of Israel was also prone to the malady of overconfidence. Case in point:

Joshua 7:3-4

They returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up; only about two or three thousand men need go up to Ai; do not make all the people toil up there, for they are few.” So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai.

Be careful with overconfidence because it can have the potential to make a fool of you. This is taken from my personal diary. Give it some thought.

Gary

“It doesn’t matter how much you played the game, for this is a brand-new game.”

 I don’t know where that statement came from, but here is my take on it. Diagnosed with cancer, death of a loved one, a financial set back, the loss of a career would represent new games in the game of life. How do you get your footing back and move on? Let me suggest something when confronted with a brand-new game.

Proverbs 3:5 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Psalm 56:3-4 

When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. In God, whose Word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

You can always be ready for a new game when God is on your side. Give it some thought.

Gary

Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” is a powerful country ballad about a man who receives a terminal diagnosis but responds with profound gratitude and emotional healing rather than despair. The lyrics urge listeners to re-evaluate their priorities, let go of grudges, and appreciate the people and moments that truly matter.

I liked the song, but the brief mention of the “good book“frightened me. Reading the Bible is an exercise in futility if it doesn’t lead to the finished work of Christ. Atheists, religionists and those in cults read the Bible and the effort is meaningless. We do not gain eternal points for just reading Scripture.

John 5:39

You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

Hebrews 10:7

Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”

Don’t miss Him. This crowd had that problem. They searched the Scriptures and were blind to the One of which it spoke of. Life is not about activity but getting right with the Creator. It’s a good song, just lacking the appropriate message. Give it some thought.

Gary

A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the highway. Looking at the car, he was astounded to see that the elderly woman behind the wheel was knitting.

The trooper cranked down his window and yelled to the driver, “Pull over!”

“No!” the woman yelled back, “Cardigan!” – Reddit.com

Police need to be understood as an authority appointed by God. However, some just don’t seem to get the meaning. What are people listening to, and how are they interpreting it?

Romans 10:17 

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the Word of Christ.

Matthew 11:15 

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

What part of pull over do you not understand?  Give it some thought.

Gary