“And Esau vowed, thereby selling all his eldest-son rights to his younger brother. Then Jacob gave Esau bread, peas, and stew; so he ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the loss of the rights he had thrown away.” Genesis 25:33-34 TLB ‘Now’ is often part of a fool’s philosophy […]
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The Blame Game
We’d had our two cars for a combined 29 years and between them had over 400,000 miles on the odometers … it was time to think newer. I wouldn’t call either of our elderly Hondas ‘dumb cars’ but our new one had certainly gone to school longer. It knew of things unknown in 1998 […]
Buried Seed
“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that […]
Seeds For The Future
You might say there’s a perpetual rip in the bottom of our seed bags. We’re sowing seeds all through our lives … at times on purpose and at other times totally unaware. We sow seeds that will make us proud when they’re harvested. And at times plant seeds that will produce things that will disappoint […]
Why Tomorrow Matters
Fresh Heart For a New Week “Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?” Genesis 25:32 New Living Translation ‘Now’ is often part of a fool’s philosophy … trading a future treasure for immediate fulfillment. It’s saying “No” to tomorrow by saying “Yes” to now. It’s thinking about […]