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  • On Puzzles and Perfection

    During family holidays we do jigsaw puzzles. I like the easy ones, the ones that have pictures that don’t take forever to figure out. But the trend is toward the complex. Have you ever tired to do one of those three-dimensional puzzles? Or a puzzle that is a picture of a big blob of coffee…

  • Category Mistakes

    “Therefore, you are to be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48 Perfect – When the translators of Matthew used the English word “perfect” as the equivalent of the Greek teleios, they made a terrible mistake. Yes, the Greek word teleios does mean “perfect.” It also means “to be complete, to be fully…

  • Not Good Enough

    Most of my life I have lived with the “not good enough” syndrome.  It’s very motivating.  When you think that you aren’t good enough, the usual reaction is to try harder.  After all, everyone wants approval, especially from the ones who are most involved with us.  So, when your parents or your spouse or your…

  • And, In The End

    For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.  Philippians 1:6 Will Perfect It – God does not operate by the “what have you done for Me lately?” method.  Aren’t you glad? Who among us could ever meet…