Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him I recently saw an article in which a businessman said that chasing your dreams is a terrible plan that leads to disillusionment and resentment. At first it seemed like a slap in the face. Our fairy tales end in…

Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us;        look, and see our disgrace!              2       Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,        our homes to foreigners.              3       We have become orphans, fatherless;        our mothers are like widows.  As children, I am sure we all remember stretching the limits with Mom and Dad until they finally…

              Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,        who stand by night in the house of the LORD!              2       Lift up your hands to the holy place        and bless the LORD!                3       May the LORD bless you from Zion,        he who made heaven and earth!  “Brevity is the soul of…

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Blink, he presents the argument that snap decisions are often as good or better than deliberated and thought…

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. As a child, I was largely left on my own without discipline. I remember my friends being grounded and wanting it for myself. Perhaps I saw what Paul sees here in…

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.  …and they lived happily ever after. That is a good summary ending of a fairy story. This verse just before the final greetings to the Galatians serves the same purpose. In this verse is the perfect response…