When we seek advice from a trusted friend or counselor, we then have a choice whether to follow said advice. The counsel may be wise or unwise, but the couselor only has the obligation to give the advice, not to follow-through on the advice themselves or make you do what they suggested you do. ConsequencesContinue reading “Ignoring Counsel”
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The Lord’s Instruction
Indestructible Life
As I get older I recognize and feel my weaknesses more. Just this morning I was walking on the treadmill when I started to feel pain in my right hip. I have never had this pain before. It is just another break down of an aging body. Yesterday, I got frustrated because I couldn’t doContinue reading “Indestructible Life”
Indestructible
God Knows
We spend a good portion of our lives learning. If we are smart, we will intentionally keep growing in knowledge. Knowledge is useful but can serve to make us proud. Knowledge can also serve to help others, but love is needed to motivate us to do so. I Corinthians 8:1-3 says, “we know that allContinue reading “God Knows”
Love Builds
Lawful, But Not Helpful
If you are like me, you may sometimes try to do things the easy way, rather than putting in your best efforts. I realize that it is alright to do it the easy way, but it may not yield the best results. Or I may be doing it the easy way to satisfy some selfishContinue reading “Lawful, But Not Helpful”
All Things Are Not Helpful
Good Samaritan
Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan. “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest wa going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the otherContinue reading “Good Samaritan”
Reluctant Retiree 