Author Archives: Jim Gleason

Some days I awaken with joy and expectations of good things happening. Other days it’s a chore to get out of bed and my expectations are tuned into potential hazards. Some days there is a bounce in my steps and I see the wonders of God. Other times I drag my feet and barely holdContinue reading “Special Day”

We are taught at an early age to work hard to get what you want out of life. It is a good idea that can be very harmful when taken to extremes. If I use this motivation to step on people on my way up the corporate ladder, then I am serving my interests atContinue reading “At What Expense?”

Have you ever felt sure that you know something to be true only to find out later that it was not true? Or maybe the opposite circumstance happened. Have you ever believed something to be false only to find out later that it was indeed true? I think that we have all experienced these issues.Continue reading “What I Know”

“Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5 It is the ChristmasContinue reading “Suffering of the Babe”

Luke records the Christmas story in Luke chapter 2. Forty days after the birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph took him to Jerusalem to give God an offering and perform the purification rites required under the Law of God at that time. Luke 2:22-24 says, “And when the time came for their purification according toContinue reading “Offering God Our Best”