Forgiveness
Commit
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV) Well it’s that time of year again when in a fit of optimism many of us make great…
Restoration
Remember the “Humpty Dumpty” nursery rhyme? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the King’s horses and all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. Life is sometimes like that, isn’t it? John’s Gospel records the meeting between Jesus and the Samaritan woman, a woman who had fallen off the wall once too…
You Can’t Go Back
Lucy and I recently took off to the mountains for a few days to celebrate our anniversary. Just the two of us – away from church work and the normal day-to-day doings. One of those days we rode an hour over to Maggie Valley, where we had spent a wonderful week for our honeymoon. Were we surprised. We couldn’t find our previous hotel. Nothing looked the same. Even Ghost…
Feel Like Peeling An Onion?
Why is forgiveness so hard? Could it be that you never have to forgive someone for something that doesn’t matter? Think about it…you never have to forgive someone for helping you or making you feel good. The times you and I have to forgive are occasions when we’ve been hurt. Forgiving someone who has hurt us is very difficult indeed. One of the words for forgiveness in…
Build A Bridge With A Kite
When it was decided to build a bridge across the river at Niagara Falls, they faced a big problem. They needed one rope across the river to start the suspension bridge. But the river was too deep to wade, too wide to throw the rope across, and too swift and turbulent to take it across by boat. Finally they came up with a simple and yet ingenious idea. They flew a kite…