How can a blog post with a one-word title like “Grace” have enough depth and undisputed merit to warrant such an endeavor? Read on and find out. What if all the editors gave unmeasured grace to every writer who submitted his or her work? That would be an unkind kindness. Readers everywhere would be deluged with atrocious articles or books, although there might be a spattering of good reading material. Unmeasured grace would not do good to increase the author’s writing skills or the reader’s enjoyment of a good read. What if reviews gushed on with how great all published Read More
Tag: love
Love Never Fails
Emily sat at her kitchen window wistfully looking out at her flower garden. She thought about the days when she was younger and would spend hours planting and weeding her little patch of ground. She took delight in drying the flowers for special table arrangements. Her husband would sit in his easy chair with a mug of coffee in one hand and either his Bible or the newspaper in the other – depending on which side of the cup of coffee he was. “How’s my beautiful bride?” Edward would ask, looking tenderly at his wife, Elizabeth. She would smile. “Fine, Read More
What do We Convey by What We Say?
What do we convey by what we say or don’t say or by our actions? What kind of witness are we? What is a witness anyway? According to Random House College Dictionary, witness is: 1) to see or know by personal presence and perception; 2) to be present at an occurrence as a formal witness, spectator, bystander; 3) to bear witness to, testify to, give or afford evidence of. The gospel writer John says of Jesus, “What Jesus has seen and heard, of that He bears witness, and no man receives His witness. He who has received His witness has Read More