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Wealthy but Lived in Poverty It was 1916, and Hattie Green was dead. Hattie’s life is a sad demonstration of what it is like to be among the living dead. When Hattie died, her estate was valued at over $100 million; yet Hattie lived in poverty. She ate cold oatmeal because it cost money to … Continue reading “Resources”

His Magnificence Clark Clifford shares this reminiscence of his former boss, Harry S. Truman: Every morning at 8:30 the President would have a staff meeting. One day the mail clerk brought in a lavender envelope with a regal wax seal and flowing purple ribbons. Opening it, the President found a letter from King Ibn Saud … Continue reading “Respect”

When you do the things you have to do when you have to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.Proverbs 10:4 God’s Little … Continue reading “Responsibility”

We Will Go Fishing Philip Melancthon, the great Reformation theologian, once said to his friend Martin Luther, “This day you and I will discuss the governance of the universe.” What Luther said in response was unexpected: “This day you and I will go fishing and leave the governance of the universe to God.” Our Daily … Continue reading “Rest”

Christ’s Offer of Rest In the Philippines I heard a local pastor use the following parable to illustrate Christ’s offer of rest (Matt. ll:28) and the response of people who won’t trust Him completely: The driver of a caribou wagon was on his way to market when he overtook an old man carrying a heavy … Continue reading “Resting in Christ”

Stolen Copper Nails “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long” (Psa. 32:3). There is nothing that so takes the joy out of life like unconfessed sin on the conscience. I once heard the late Dr. F. E. Marsh tell that on one occasion he was preaching on … Continue reading “Restitution”

A Restless Heart Warren Wiersbe makes the observation, “The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless…the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a restless heart usually leads to a reckless life.” Men’s Life, Spring, … Continue reading “Restless”

Resources •      Leadership, IV, 4, 58 •      Swindoll, The Quest For Character, Multnomah, pp. 49ff. God Can Bring Good Out of Our Failures A few years ago, an angry man rushed through the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam until he reached Rembrandt’s famous painting “Nightwatch.” Then he took out a knife and slashed it repeatedly before … Continue reading “Restoration”

Resource •      Charles Swindoll, Growing Strong, p. 276

The Sea Gull It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea gulls would flock to this old man, and … Continue reading “Remember”