If you are reading this devotional through your email or on the Internet, the government knows about it. When you make a purchase with a credit card, or any purchase for that matter, details from the transaction are captured by the retailer’s... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Would you trust a plumber with leaky pipes at his home? A mechanic whose car is always breaking down? An accountant who has fallen behind on his bill payments? A chef who never eats his own cooking? Of course you wouldn’t. If their service... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
When it comes to money, kids might surprise you with their ingenuity. Several kids in Bobby’s neighborhood used to tease him because he was too young to understand the value of coins. Each day, they presented Bobby with a dime and a nickel.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Faith isn’t faith as long as it’s holding onto a branch. One day on a hiking trip, a man fell off the edge of a cliff and began the 800-foot drop to the bottom. He thought it was all over for him until he grabbed a tree branch which stopped... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
What had become the crowning work of William LeMessurier’s life nearly became the means of his disgrace. LeMessurier was the structural engineer who designed the Citicorp Center (now Citigroup Center), a steel skyscraper in New York with a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Prayer changes things. But so does action. As a ship tossed to and fro during a fierce storm, the lives of everyone on board were in danger. The captain gave the order to abandon ship, but the ship was short one life jacket. He called above... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Anyone who tries to convince you that Hell isn’t real is wasting their time and yours. This was the subject of a discussion between some military servicemen and their chaplain one day. The servicemen asked the chaplain, “Say Chap, do you... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Sometimes it’s best to keep our opinions to ourselves. Once we had a new family, which believed in strictly following the dietary laws of the Old Testament, visit our church. They told me about their unique diet; and I said it was fine, as... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The grass isn’t really greener on the other side of the fence. A poor-but-diligent stonecutter sat in his shop one day with his hammer and chisel. He heard a commotion outside and saw a crowd of people lining the streets. Did they want to see... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
We’re living in a day and age when everyone wants to live for themselves. People bristle at the smallest things. Once I tried to cross a busy intersection when the light changed green. The person in the car in front of me seemed incoherent.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
