Posted: July 27, 2023
We read in Proverbs, “A hope deferred (unrelenting disappointment) makes the heart sick.”1 Langston Hughes, the great African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance, wrote about it. He asks the question, “What happens to a dream deferred?” And concludes, “Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?”* I concur. Disappointment is
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Posted: July 20, 2023
Jesus tells us to “Have faith in God.”1 And we do! But then . . . 😟 sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we doubt. We doubt that God will remember all his promises regarding us. Doubt will slip into our minds and settle in our hearts and cause the very ground beneath us to shift. Doubt
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Posted: July 13, 2023
Scripture tells us that whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, or worthy of praise—to “think about these things.”1 Paul mentions it again in Colossians. “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”2 The KJV translates: “Set your affection on things above.” So . . .
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Posted: July 6, 2023
Now and then most of us wonder (usually with frustration and anger) about why things are the way they are. But here’s what scripture says: “For we know in part.”1 In other words, we don’t know everything. And we won’t know everything until “then.” When is “then”? When we will see Christ “face to face.”2
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