Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
You know about Jerry Sandusky and Pennsylvania State University and the sodomy stuff, right? Sure you do (you’re online, after all).
Do you also know about Nineveh and the evil in that city?
Well, Jonah certainly knew about Nineveh…and he certainly wasn’t going there on any errand of grace and mercy! But now look what I did; I got ahead of myself… Read it all
Whether I serve God or whether I serve others — how much difference is there, anyway?! — I’m to do it “heartily” and “from the heart.”
And “with good will”!
That impressed me in my pre-bedtime reading Tuesday evening. I was going to be sure Read it all
Ever feel like a loser?
No? Well, I have. (I never thought I would, but now I know different.)
So if you’ve ever thought of yourself as a loser, I understand well enough the discouragement and the sense of uselessness.
“I can’t do anything right!” Yeah, well, check this out: Read it all
Well, I guess if you worked for Jeff Ellis and Associates, you could opt not to watch.
Or forfeit your job by rescuing the person.
Or jump in the water and pretend you have someone closer that needs rescuing.
Tomás Lopes took the second option above. Read it all
I dislike being wronged.
I dislike feeling like I’ve been wronged.
So what to do?
Here’s something that popped into my head a bit ago:
(I surely do like it when people practice that toward me…)
To ask or not to ask. Now that can be a real puzzler sometimes.
Especially when the “target” for the request is God Almighty Himself.
Why should that be such a puzzler? I guess I don’t know.
Whatever the case, Tuesday morning I posted on my devotional blog: Read it all
Does Hank the Cowdog understand King James English? (I think he does.)
But never mind Hank for now. Instead, tune in John Erickson’s appeal for “a language that maintains honesty, simplicity, and clarity.”
Consider your own use of the English language. Read it all