Let’s learn from the mistakes of those who admonish us through their pain. You and I do not have to be another spiritual casualty in the kingdom of God if we will heed the warnings of those whose mistakes instruct us.
If I may state the promise succinctly, God is always working for your good, even when you can’t see it.
The term comes from folks who love to exaggerate the details of their fishing prowess to impress people, such as inflating the size of the proverbial “fish that got away.”
Try this: Next time somebody does or says something that flips your angry switch, force yourself to ponder Jesus, salvation, heaven, unconditional love, everlasting life, peace, stuff like that.
We all like to think we’re good people. I’ve always felt that I am the kind of person I would like to know. But since we can’t read the minds of others, we’re never really sure, are we?
Though the concept is somewhat foreign to us, it was commonplace in ancient Israel. Fasting appears 75 times in the Bible, with 44 and 31 verses in the Old and New Testaments respectively.
If you are over the age of 30, you are gradually getting shorter every year. If you live long enough, you may lose as much as two to three inches from your young adult height.
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