Sonshine for your soul
Posted in Christian service on Feb 19th, 2014
I can count on one hand the number of times yearly that I get enough sleep to feel rested when I awake.
This has been the pattern for my life — eyes wanting more sleep.
But this is a lifestyle choice, a choice to be productive doing this or that at the cost of having rested eyes.
I […]
Posted in Christian service on Oct 9th, 2013
It’s good when people understand that we’re trying to help them because we want to help them.
It’s not good when they think our motives are primarily to use them to help ourselves.
I suppose that we’ve all had plenty of experience with both sets of motives.
Perhaps even on the serving side and not just […]
Posted in Christian service on Oct 3rd, 2013
The great sculptures of ancient Greece and Rome weren’t made with a computerized carving machine.
Instead, there was a chisel and there was a hammer.
And there was a vision and a passion to move that sculpture from the domain of the heart into the domain of the real.
Vision. Passion. Tools.
Simple tools.
God can do amazing […]
Posted in Christian service on Sep 27th, 2013
If we care about someone, we’ll try to please him or her with our choices.
We do this for family members.
We do this for friends.
We do this for employers who provide the paycheck we need.
We certainly do this for ourselves.
But what about the Lord?
I’m grateful for the six-word reminder in Paul’s letter to the Ephesian […]
Posted in Christian service on Sep 18th, 2013
In case you’ve been wondering about the absence of the Morning Devotion posts on Mondays and Tuesdays, you should know that it’s a very busy season for me involving responsibilities keeping me away from the computer on those days.
Fortunately, it is a season that will be measured in weeks, not months.
I miss my time writing […]
Thanks for sharing a few minutes with me. Please pass this message on to family and friends. Blessings!
Martin Drummond