Monday, November 29, 2010

Accepting painful correction

Never ceases to humble me:

"Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline, But he who regards reproof will be honored."

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Elijah the Pilgrim at school

Thanksgiving

The reason why Thanksgiving is such a great holy-day is because we concentrate on thankfulness and feasting, two things we need to do throughout the year.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Idealism or faithfulness?

Do we seek for the ideal place that will fix our discontents or do we invest ourselves in diligence wherever we are?  It's the faithfulness that matters not your circumstantial location.

Proverbs 12:14,15 "A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his words, and the deeds of a man's hand will return to him."  What really matters is the performance of your character and life, not so much the  particular external circumstances of your life.

Prov. 12:24 "The hand of the diligent will rule, but the slack hand will be put to forced labor."

10:4 "Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich."

Hard work and Thanksgiving--Amen.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Timothy Keller~"Ministries of Mercy"

"The ideology of the Left believes big government and social reform will solve social ills, while the Right believes big business and economic growth will do it.  The Left expects a citizen to be held legally accountable for the use of his wealth, but totally autonomous in other areas, such as sexual morality.  The Right expects a citizen to be held legally accountable in areas of personal morality, but totally autonomous in the use of wealth.  The North American "idol"- radical individualism - lies beneath both ideologies.  A Christian sees either "solution" as fundamentally humanistic and simplistic."

So, as Francis Schaeffer once said, "...Do not align yourself as though you are in either of these camps:  You are an ally of neither."

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Pilgrim William Bradford~2nd Governor of New Plymouth

"Thus out of small beginnings greater things have grown by His hand who made all things out of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light enkindled here has shone to many, yea, in a sense, to our whole nation; let the glorious name of Jehovah have all the praise."

I have been studying the Pilgrims coming to America.  I am giving a lecture on them at our school, Coram Deo this Fri.  I will try and post the lecture in series here.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Hard Words

More often than not, even for the sweetest of people, "hard words" are what we need for our victory over sin.
"Hard words make soft hearts, and soft words make hard hearts."  Jim Wilson