Crying is a natural, biological, and emotional response to intense feelings like sadness, joy, anger, or pain, functioning to soothe the body by activating the parasympathetic nervous system. It releases stress-related chemical tears, including toxins and feel-good hormones like oxytocin and endorphins, providing stress relief.

I understand that, but I sure hate to cry. One thing about this life I’m not going to miss at all is shedding tears. That’s me – blue-eyed and crying in the rain. I want a world where that doesn’t exist and, thankfully, I’m on my way there.

Revelations 21:4

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.

What an amazing promise given to those who’ve embraced the One who is the way, the truth, and the life! Give it some thought.

Gary

It was time to move out of that crib and into your big boy bed. The first day of kindergarten was a tremendous step too. Then there were two numbers in your age. You couldn’t wait to be a teenager. You graduated, then you stepped into the work force. Now you lie in a bed at a nursing home and realize it all came and went so quickly.

Does the Bible address this? Glad you asked.

James 4:14 

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

1 Peter 1:24 

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Don’t blink because your life on the planet might be terminated. Are you truly ready for the next? God’s Word can give you assurance. Give it some consideration.

Gary

“Wash me!” was the anguished prayer of King David.

 “Wash!” was the message of John the Baptist.

“Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me,” said the towel-draped Jesus to Peter.

Without our being washed clean, we all die from the contamination of sin.

The hymn writer put it like this:

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Revelation 1:5

…Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

What a blessing!  Give it some thought.

Gary

One Arkansas farmer discourages trespassers with this admonition:  “Please do not trample the poison ivy or feed the bull.”

Did you know the Bible contains many a warning?

Isaiah 5:20–21

 “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”

Matthew 16:26–27

 “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.”

Give it some thought.

Gary

A storekeeper in Maine refused to buy a salesman’s wares. “You must remember, young fellow,” he said, “that in this part of the country every want ain’t a need.”

Does the Bible address such a concept? Glad you asked.

Psalm 23:1

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Be careful in what you want, because you might get it and be sorry afterward.

Give it some consideration.

Gary

Light is an amazing thing.  While it does not have physical properties, it can have a profound effect on physical objects.  Light is basically a wave of energy that can be seen by the naked eye.

How does God use this in teaching truth? Glad you asked.

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Truly for those of us who seek His light we know the impact in our lives. Was God giving all a sweet foretaste of what more light feels like when daylight hours increase? Give it some thought.

Gary

A wise man learns by the experience of others. An ordinary man learns by his own experience. A fool learns by nobody’s experience.

Would God call anyone a fool? Glad you asked.

Proverbs 18:2 

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 29:11 

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 1:7 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Give it some thought and don’t be a fool.

Gary