The Tough Step of Obedience
October 3, 2018
A certain pastor was spending far too much time with a staff member in his church, and the man was honest enough to admit that he was attracted to her and considering leaving his wife and family for the other woman. A doctor friend, who was distantly related to the pastor, confronted him over the issue. “How can you do this?” she challenged, adding, “You know that what you are doing is wrong.”
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It’s an old story but one worth repeating. A young man who is being promoted goes in to talk to the CEO, who has been with the company for many years. “What is the secret of your success?” he asks the old gentleman, who replies, “Making good decisions.” “Yes,” answers the young man, “but how did you learn to do this?” This time his answer was one word. “Experience,” he replies. “I understand that, sir,” replies the young man, “but I haven’t had the advantage of many years of experience as you have. How do I gain the wisdom of your experience?” “By making bad decisions.” Well, so much for experience.
October 2, 2018
An old legend tells of a farmer who had a beautiful daughter who was courted by a variety of young men, all wanting to marry her. So the farmer promised the hand of his daughter in marriage to the young man who could walk through his field of corn, never backtracking, and select the largest, most perfect ear of corn in the entire field. And did it work? No, the beautiful daughter, so goes the myth, ended up unmarried. Here’s why.
October 1, 2018
A college professor was striving to motivate his students to make quick evaluations followed by good decisions. To illustrate a point, he calls on a student who drove a truck in his spare time and asked him to respond to this situation. “You are a truck driver with a fully loaded semi-truck coming down a steep decline. On your right is a 500-foot drop off with no guardrail. On the left side of the road is a mountain bluff. A few hundred yards distant is another truck. Suddenly, a passenger car attempts to overtake the truck coming toward you. Quickly you step on your brakes and your foot goes to the floor. No brakes at all. You have three seconds to make a decision. What will you do?”
September 28, 2018
"Hope," said Thales, the Greek founder of philosophy, "is the most universal thing in the world, for hope stays with those who have nothing else."
Many today are in the grip of despair and pessimism because they have ruled out the very grounds of hope itself, which is God. The believer's hope centers in a person, Jesus Christ, who gave to us a hope of eternal life and the assurance that there is more to life than the weary monotony of earning enough money to keep ourselves from starving and out of the rain. Hope stems from faith, and it is to the soul of man what oxygen is to his lungs and food to his body. Apart from hope there is no reason to live.
September 27, 2018
It happens every day in every major city of the world. A car is proceeding down the highway when another vehicle pulls directly into its path. There is the screech of tires as brakes are jammed on, but it is too late. The sickening thud is followed by the tearing of metal and the shattering of glass, punctuated with the screams of suffering. A broken, bruised body is pulled from the twisted wreckage, and soon an ambulance is racing towards the hospital with siren wailing and lights making eerie designs on the inside walls. The victim is unconscious and unaware of reaching the hospital; but upon his arrival a team of specialists go to work to save the life of the accident victim.
September 26, 2018
“Courage," said, Dorothy Bernard, "is fear that has said its prayers." In my file is an anonymous quote where somebody wrote, "It takes more courage to be faithful in routine things than to risk one's life in a moment of spectacular danger." Do you believe that? Yes, it is one thing to dash into a burning building to snatch a child from the jaws of death, and it is another thing to stand by your sick wife month after month, or to face the routine of a job you don't particularly like.
September 25, 2018
The Russian writer and historian, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, believed that one of the clearest indications of spiritual and moral decadence is a lack of courage, in personal lives and in government. Decades ago, the Nobel laureate said, "A decline in courage may be the most striking feature which an outside observer notices in the West in our days. The Western world has lost its civil courage . . . in each country, each government, each political party and, of course, in the United Nations."
September 24, 2018
The late humorist Erma Bombeck joked about the mother who tried to get away from her family by hiding in the clothes closet, only to hear the dog whining on the other side of the door. Sometimes you just can't win.
September 21, 2018
It’s amazing what parents will do to see growth in their children. When a parent suddenly realizes that his or her child is significantly shorter than all the others in a given group, most parents start booking appointments with doctors and embark on a regimen of nutrition or medication. They don’t want their youngster to be a “small fry!”
September 20, 2018
Rick Warren, a pastor who speaks to some 12,000 people every week, says that the question which people ask more than any other is, “Why did this happen to me?” Has that question ever come from your heart? A phone call in the night brought news that your best friend had been injured in an automobile accident. You were laid off at work, replaced by a younger person. The company that you thought was on the way up went south with your savings. Just when your husband retired and you thought you could enjoy life, a stroke changed everything.
September 19, 2018
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