Singing, Not Crying

Singing, Not Crying

“Alleluia!  Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!”  Revelation 19:1   I won’t deny it.  I tend to be a pessimist.  I have to make a conscious effort to see the good things in life when times aren’t going so great.  When my finances...
Heart Disease

Heart Disease

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”  Psalm 51:10   I have a bad heart.  Medically speaking, I’m perfectly healthy.  My blood pressure is a near-perfect 110/71; my cholesterol is within a normal range; my BMI is a normal...
Light Keepers

Light Keepers

“Let your light shine before men…” Matthew 5:16   “If you were to ask a Light Keeper what they do, they would tell you that they keep the light lit.” (The Worlds Lighthouse Encyclopedia)   What is it that a Light Keeper REALLY does?  It’s more complicated...
Song of Creation

Song of Creation

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork.  Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.  There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.  Their line has gone out through all the earth and their...
Boarded Windows

Boarded Windows

I walked passed the house two or three afternoons per week on my way home from after-school activities.  I guess it would be more accurate to say that I ran passed it.  It was a shack of a house with boarded up windows, an old man and two young men nearly always...