Rule Number 1

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.  Blessed be the name of the Lord.”  Job 1:21  NASB Naked – Job was right.  We come into this world with nothing.  We leave with nothing.  What happens in between birth and death is the interaction of the…

Intestinal Fortitude

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32  NASB Tender-hearted– It’s hard to be tender-hearted. It might not seem that way with the ones we love, but the truth is that we often love the parts of those people that we find lovable.  The rest we’re…

Air Therapy

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 NASB Fully Known – Sitting next to a total stranger in an airplane makes it easier, doesn’t it? Easier to talk about your troubles,…

Sacred Moos

Also some of the Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to venture into the theater. Acts 19:31 NASB Not to venture – Day 3. I don’t worry too much about sacred cows. Cows are really pretty docile animals. They usually just go wherever they are led. I…