"You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure."James 4:2-3 (NLT)I heard a story this … [Read more...] about The Blessing of Unanswered Prayers
Jealousy
The Eyes Have It
"Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness."Luke 11:34 (New International Version)I have a recurring dream that frightens me each time I find myself in it. I probably have this dream once or twice every six months. In the dream, I cannot see very well. Instead, my world in the dream … [Read more...] about The Eyes Have It
Gone the Way of Feathered Hair
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)I hit my pre-teen years just as the 1970s were coming to a close. … [Read more...] about Gone the Way of Feathered Hair
His Presence or Presents?
"but let [she] who boasts boast about this: that [she] understands and knows Me..." Jeremiah 9:24 (NIV) We put our house in Detroit on the market in January of 2005 because my husband had gotten a job offer in Nashville. After being shocked with what our realtor said we could probably get for the house, we didn't even list the house for what we had hoped for, but for considerably less. And … [Read more...] about His Presence or Presents?
The View From Prison Bars
"Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me."Psalm 142:7 (New International Version)"Two [wo]men looked out prison bars,One saw mud, the other stars..." Author unknownEvery so often, on my way to my children's school, I spot a group of men dressed in black and white striped jumpsuits with the … [Read more...] about The View From Prison Bars
The Sting of Favoritism
My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others? For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes. If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, “You … [Read more...] about The Sting of Favoritism
