It occurred to me this week that I’ve had several conversations recently, which varied greatly, but somehow it got down to the subject of adequacy. Many in God’s Family, perhaps most, suffer at times from a sense of inadequacy. How about you? Do you feel like that sometimes? Yeah, I know the feeling personally!If that is true for you, then here is something you would want to know. In scripture, th...  Read More

The Greek philosopher Socrates once said, “Contentment is natural wealth.” Question: If that statement is true, then how rich are you?Let’s consider the natural wealth of contentment. The Apostle Paul instructs us on this subject. He said, “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation…whether living in plenty or in want” (v.12). That indicates there is a possibility of con...  Read More

True story. A boy named Charles was born on November 26, 1922. He grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota. At a very young age, an uncle called him Sparky, after the horse Spark Plug in the comic strip Barney Google, which Charles enjoyed reading as a child. The name stuck. As a teenager, Sparky was socially awkward, timid around his peers. Sparky never once asked a girl out on a date in High School beca...  Read More

The late country singer, Toby Keith, has a song I Wanna Talk About Me – that is really quite funny. Anyway, this is my way to say, I want to talk about me today.First, I would like to express my heart-felt thanks, on behalf of Rhonda and me, for your kindness to us. We were moved by your words of appreciation and love. Thank you for your cards, comments and generosity. Personally, I didn’t feel de...  Read More

Years ago in the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy was on top on his doghouse, with a flock of baby birds by his side. The time had come for the baby birds to learn how to fly and Snoopy was their teacher. Snoopy proceeded to flap his ears and walk to the edge of the doghouse roof. He leaped into the air and continued to flap his ears. Unfortunately, he went straight down and landed on his head. Then he...  Read More

One of my favorite devotional writers, Warren Wiersbe, shared the following story: In 1930, King George V of England was set to deliver an important live radio broadcast. But minutes before the broadcast, someone tripped over a chord in the CBS radio studio in New York City and over a million radios went silent. A young mechanic named Harold Vivian quickly fixed the problem. He picked up both ends...  Read More