THE REFINISHING of antique furniture is an awesome process. Strong chemicals strip away the old varnish. Then sandpaper machines sand it down, exposing all the crooks, nooks, and crannies that need repair. The sanding continues until the surface is even. Then it is varnished, over and over until it has a smooth, refinished surface. It … Continue reading “BROKENNESS,
PROCESS OF”
BROKENNESS, IMPORTANCE OF
TO ENJOY the fragrance of perfume or cologne, you must break the seal of the bottle in which it comes. To see a plant rise from the ground, the shell must be broken open by the substance inside. To enjoy roasted peanuts, there must be a breaking of its outer core. For a baby chick … Continue reading “BROKENNESS,
IMPORTANCE OF”
BROKENNESS
THE PICTURE of brokenness is of a wild stallion that wants its independence. It does not want to be ridden; it does not want to be told what to do. Now, it doesn’t mind the cowboy feeding it or keeping the trough full of water. It doesn’t mind having a place to go into out … Continue reading “BROKENNESS”
BOUNDARIES
PARENTS of teenagers know that the boundary lines between parent and child can get blurry real quick. The older the young person gets, the more apt they are to rebel against restrictions. Many a parent has had to remind their teenagers of who’s who. The propensity of the young person is to mentally erase the … Continue reading “BOUNDARIES”
BODY OF DEATH
YEARS AGO cars were not as sophisticated as they are now. When the power steering fluid level was good, turning the wheel was a breeze with one finger. When your power steering fluid got low, you’d have to force the wheel to turn. You’d have to pull and tug. It wasn’t natural. The pull of … Continue reading “BODY
OF DEATH”
BLESSING, SURPRISE
A MAN took his girlfriend out for dinner and when they sat down, he laid an elaborate box on the table for her birthday. All the while they were eating dinner, she just kept thinking about this box, because it was a big box, and she wanted to know what was inside. She could hardly … Continue reading “BLESSING,
SURPRISE”
BLESSING, SOURCE OF
ONE OF the reasons that we don’t recognize the goodness of God is that we confuse the means of delivery with the source. Many times we think that unless a blessing falls miraculously from heaven into our laps that it didn’t come from God. We mix up medium and source. When we listen to the … Continue reading “BLESSING,
SOURCE OF”
BLESSING
ALL OF us know people who are living unproductive lives. Our society is filled with people who offer no productivity to the well-being of themselves, their families, their jobs, or society in general. They are just hanging on. A leech sucks blood from a host. It takes nutrients without leaving its host anything beneficial in … Continue reading “BLESSING”
BIBLE, PROVISION OF
A MAN was in prison and was in need of some money. He wrote his mother and asked her to send five hundred dollars immediately. Soon after, he got a package in the mail. It was a Bible. On the top of the Bible, there was a letter that said, “Son, I love you. Pray … Continue reading “BIBLE,
PROVISION OF”
BIBLE, NEGLECT OF
THE PREACHER came to have dinner with one of the families in his congregation. The woman of the house was very pleased to have the minister in her home and wanted to impress him. She wanted the preacher to read something to the family after dinner. She asked one of her daughters, “Darling, please go … Continue reading “BIBLE,
NEGLECT OF”