During my commute this morning, I shuffled into the subway car along with what seemed like a billion other people, busily hurrying, each to his or her own destination. As the train rattled by, we all stood there, sandwiched in against each other, making new friends (at least I think so), and miraculously coming up with more room as the doors opened to let […]
Thou shall covet
I saw an advertisement while I was walking in NYC last week, that was a blatant opposition to God’s command, “Thou shall not covet…” (Exodus 20:17) An ADVERTISEMENT. Advertising is a form of marketing communication used to persuade an audience to take or continue some action, usually with respect to a commercial offering, or political or ideological support. In Latin, ad vertere means […]
Getting Ready for the New Year
I first saw the above picture sometime in August and now, as the New Year approaches, this saying, and several similar sayings regarding the New Year are widespread. When I read this I first thought, “How behind are you if you aren’t already planning for 2016, 2017…18…22… etc?” How behind are you if you aren’t already planning for eternity? The […]
DON’T GO IN THERE!
I’ve been running. Not toward, but away from God. I didn’t know I was running… I didn’t feel as though I was running, because on the surface, I wasn’t. What I was doing, however, was shutting God out of a door. Shutting Him out of an area of my life that He was knocking on and ready to step into and intervene, but […]