“Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.” (Proverbs 14: 10) There is an old saying, “Anger does more damage to the vessel in which it is stored than the object over which it is poured.” I think the same thing could be said about bitterness. While bitterness is not a Christian quality, it is a common quality among Christians. In fact, our bitter attitudes often turn Christians away from God instead of towards Him. I mean who in the world could […]

“Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:17) In 1981, a Jewish Rabbi wrote a penetrating book, Why Bad Things Happen To Good People. Rabbi Harold Kushner looked at suffering through the life of his son, who was diagnosed with progeria, a childhood disease which sees a child age by decades in just a few years. Kushner, like most of […]

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) Two years ago, my church had a 24-hour prayer vigil. Church members volunteered for specific times and the church stayed open all night long. There wasn’t a minute that lapsed during that 24-hour period when someone wasn’t at church praying. It’s funny how God can and will bless the time that we spend serving Him, even when we didn’t really care to do it. You see, I really didn’t want to […]

“..May she who gave you birth rejoice!” (Proverbs 23:25b) As a child, I despised Mother’s Day. You see, my mother unexpectedly died when I was seven years old, so Mother’s Day for me meant that I had to relive my mother’s death every year. In fact all of my friends got to wear a red carnation on Mother’s Day, but I had to wear a white creation. Mother’s Day singled me out and I hated it. All of us would like to take back things we have said […]