Author Archives: Jim Gleason

When an inventor designs a new creation, He works hard at creating something useful. He makes plans and pulls together the resources to bring the idea to fruition. The work does not stop after He produces the invention. He will continue to work on the invention to make it better through design enhancements. Revelation 4:11Continue reading “Inventor’s Passion”

Some business Chief Executive Officers sit behind their ornate desks in the corner of the penthouse of a tall building. They remain unapproachable to the masses, even in their own companies. The Pope is visible to the masses of followers but few get access to speak with him. These people wield great power from loftyContinue reading “Approachable Majesty”

Small children readily adapt some words, like “Mama” and “mine”, into their vocabulary. Other words, like “thanks” and “please”, need to be taught to them. As we get older, we still need to learn words and phrases of kindness and generosity, rather than selfish and harsh words. Psalm 45:1 says, “My heart overflows with aContinue reading “Ready Tongue”

“give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38 God’s economy is far different than the world’s. In the world, we want to gather all that weContinue reading “God’s Economy”

One thing that I dislike is wasting my efforts. This sometimes happens when someone redoes the work that I had just done, even though they truly don’t produce anything of better quality. Wasted effort can also occur when I misunderstand the job instructions or the instructions themselves were wrong or subsequently changed. Jeremiah 12:13 says,Continue reading “Wasted Efforts”