bible – Page 83 – Reluctant Retiree

Life Brought to Completion

Adoption Process

Eighteen years ago, our daughter and son-in-law adopted a child. It was a long, time-consuming, heart wrenching, and costly process. But this boy has been loved, nurtured, abundantly cared for, and supported for these eighteen years. While I don’t know what his life would have been like if he had not been adopted, I knowContinue reading “Adoption Process”

Adopted by God

Dog Returns To Its Vomit

We have all heard the above phrase before and perhaps we have even seen it happen. People are not immune from this sort of practice. The career criminal continues to commit the same crimes. We yield to the same destructive practices over and over. Some people make the same errors in judgment time and again.Continue reading “Dog Returns To Its Vomit”

Set Free

Door Number 3

Once, I went to a taping of the “Let’s Make a Deal” television show. People were dressed in elaborate costumes in the hope of being selected to vy for big prizes. At the end of the show, a contestant wagered what they had already one to pick one of three doors, hoping for the bigContinue reading “Door Number 3”

By Faith

Welcome

Many businesses put out the Welcome Mat for customers. Churches and service organizations say that they welcome people to take part in their services. Welcoming people is just the first stage of hospitality and can be quite self-centered. After all the business wants something from the customers that they welcome and the churches want toContinue reading “Welcome”

Hospitality For Strangers

Good Samaritan

We are all familiar with the term, “Good Samaritan”, if not the story told by Jesus in Luke 10. This story begins with a man severely beaten and robbed. The robbers leave the man by the side of the road, thinking that he is dead. A priests comes by and sees the man, but passesContinue reading “Good Samaritan”