Messy rooms, homes, offices and desks bother some people more than others.  (BTW—People with messy desks do not necessarily like it that way…it just takes on a life of its own after a while.)  But, surely, at some point, the mess has to get to everyone enough that they will stop and take time to clean up and clean out to get…

That has to be one of the grossest scenes to imagine.  It is bad enough for the dog to get sick, and its first inclination after vomiting must be to get away.  But, why on earth would the dog ever (and I mean ever) return to the vomit?  What possible appeal or benefit could it ever offer? Peter quotes this proverb (yes,…

There was a report on one of the cable news networks over the weekend entitled, “What is the best way to prevent DUI’s?”  The discussion centered around the concept of placing ignition interlocks in cars which can only be released by means of a passing breathalyzer-type test.  While I know this may not be an apples-to-apples comparison, the report reminded me of…

There are lessons that we can learn from flowers by way of comparison (i.e., the providence of God, the brevity of life, etc.), then there are lessons we can learn from them by way of contrast. “All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.  The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the…

Have you ever planted flowers?  Why is it that a few weeks later you had to go back to the floral nursery to buy more?  Well, it may be because you have a black thumb, but more likely it is because flowers have a very short life span. It is this very point that Job had in mind when he illustrated life’s…

For some reason, mankind’s tendency is to worry about things much more than he should (worrying at all is worrying more than we should).  Yet, something as simple and beautiful as a flower teaches us a much needed and profound lesson.  “So why do you worry about clothing?  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;…

When I got married, I was intrigued by how much more Traci knew and liked the love story of Jacob and Rachel than I ever had.  Then it hit me—the stories of the Bible are so diverse that everyone can find stories that may appeal more to them than to others.  There are stories (like Jacob and Rachel) that girls really love. …

So-called “modern-day healers” should be embarrassed.  While many of them claim to be exercising “power given to them by God,” their feeble efforts are anything but of divine origin.  Consider the following statements regarding the effective working of the miracles of Jesus: From the book of Mark only:  “immediately the fever left her” (1:31); “immediately the leprosy left him” (1:42); “Immediately he…