Sonshine for your soul
Posted in hope on Jun 8th, 2012
Sadness stinks.
Nobody likes feeling it.
There’s a balm for that sadness, though.
It’s called hope.
When I have hope for better days ahead, the sting and stink of sadness diminishes.
My mind is rescued from the slippery slope of despair when I hold tightly to a strong vine that extends down from where I was headed.
As long […]
Posted in kindness on Dec 19th, 2011
We’ll all have some moments during this Christmas season when we’re feeling good about the love — and perhaps even gifts — that we’ve received from others.
We’ll feel our spirits lifted and our steps less heavy.
As we savor these blessings, let’s remember to share a bit of those blessings with others who aren’t experiencing the […]
Posted in God's grace on Nov 17th, 2011
“Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you” (Psalm 116:7).
Sometimes, the simplest remedies to the heaviest of burdens are found by going home.
It was true for the young man in the parable of the Prodigal Son.
And it was true for Abraham whenever he mistakenly thought he’d be […]
Posted in God's grace on Oct 25th, 2011
Satan loves pouring salt on our wounds.
Not the preservative salt of God’s truth, but instead the painful salt of abandonment by those we thought would support us.
His objective, of course, is to lure us into thinking that nobody cares about us.
Particularly if we’ve been doing the right things yet it seems that nobody appreciates it.
Our […]
Posted in hope on Aug 25th, 2011
One of the surest signs of growing spiritual maturity is the evidence of faith in the storms.
Millions of Christians are suffering financially now alongside an even larger contingent of non-Christians who have lost jobs or homes or cars or all of the above.
Being out of work for many months or even for years is brutally […]
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Martin Drummond