Author Archives: Jim Gleason

The apostle John wrote, “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” (I John 4;16) God is love. Of course, God has many other attributes, like holiness, justice, infinite, and wise.Continue reading “Know the Love of Christ”

My wife and I have two different ways of attacking a job. She likes to plan and make sure everything is right and fully understand what she is going to do. She works at the task meticulously and takes her time. Her only fault is she may get sidetracked with another job. She generally hasContinue reading “Finish the Course”

We are entering a rainy season. While it may be inconvenient for me, the farmers need the rain. I don’t think that I could ever be a good farmer. They are in a constant state of waiting. They must wait for the rains to feed the ground. They wait for the crops to grow. PatienceContinue reading “And The Rains Came”

On the job we are expected to do our best work with what we know. In life, it matters most what we do with what we know. We shouldn’t expect to know everything or accomplish things that are beyond our knowledge. Deuteronomy 29:29 says, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but theContinue reading “What We Do With What We Know”

I am 73 years old and I cannot remember a time when we have been so divided as a nation. Rather than welcoming all people as our forefathers imagined, we seem to find ways to separate ourselves from each other. We design classifications of people based upon skin color, ethnicity, political views, word usage, ideology,Continue reading “Divided People”