Author Archives: Jim Gleason

Sometimes we speak of people or events as being “out of control”. We use this phrase to describe someone or something that has seemingly lost the ability to properly govern its activities. Psalm 50:1 says, “The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.”Continue reading “Out of Control”

My wife has much more confidence than I when it comes to speaking to others. I am often clumsy in speech and can make the ensuing conversation awkward. My wife, on the other hand, can speak to others with ease and even make requests that I would never have the boldness to make. So whenContinue reading “Knowing What to Say”

I have spent most of my life trying to fit in with those around me. Recently, I have come to the conclusion that this objective is futile. I am hopelessly different than others. But that is more than just Okay. The Bible tells me that I am fearfully and wonderfully created by God by HisContinue reading “Being Different”

“But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” I John 3:17-18 “I love you!”. Three little words with a world ofContinue reading “Real Love”

“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. An everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.” I John 3:2-3 Christians are not perfectContinue reading “Not Yet Perfect”