Sonshine for your soul
Posted in prayer on Aug 21st, 2013
I should have been doing this for all my years of parenting, but I’ve dropped the ball.
I wonder what blessings and wisdom I and my children have missed out on because I haven’t done what Job did every morning he was a parent.
I need to do better and I am grateful that the Lord […]
Posted in spiritual strength on Apr 30th, 2013
There are boxing matches where both contestants are winners not because it’s ruled a draw but instead because both fought bravely and smartly and effectively.
And then there are matches where the weaker, less skilled contestant had his hand raised by the referee not because he fought a good fight but instead because the stronger, more […]
Posted in endurance on Dec 10th, 2012
During my high school days on the track team, one thing you couldn’t do — and still cross the finishing line — was to quit.
Yes, it was sometimes grueling to keep running when legs were heavy and burning with pain.
But quitting would have added self-doubt and feelings of failure to the physical burden.
Yes, I truly […]
Posted in spiritual strength on Sep 28th, 2012
Some might think that after more than 20 years as a full-time apostle used SO powerfully by God, the Apostle Paul should have developed enough spiritual wisdom, boldness and strength to could cut the apron strings loose from time to time regarding his moment-by-moment dependency upon God.
After all, isn’t every believer tempted to think they […]
Posted in endurance on Sep 21st, 2012
We all grow tired at times in various ways.
We tire physically.
We tire emotionally.
And, of course, spiritually.
We’re running on fumes, it sometimes seems, and we’re tempted to just quit whatever we’re doing.
The temptations to stop going to a job we don’t like or to stop attending college classes that don’t come easily or to walk […]
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Martin Drummond