Thoughts and Reflections

The other night my daughter was coloring some pictures. She came to me and asked for some "empty pages". In other words, some blank pages. I was then to close my eyes and not peek as she drew me a picture. I said I would not look and went about doing what I was doing. After a while I came back into the living room to find her very upset and wadding up her picture. She had "ruined" it and was not happy with it at all. There was the beginning of tears and some anger towards herself over the whole thing. My mind instantly went to the thoughts of scripture. Such as  James 4:11 and Proverbs 18:21 . I knew that her mind was going the wrong way and I wanted to correct it. I took the picture and looked at it. I saw another "work of art" from my 5 year old. I saw the time and effort she put into it. I saw a picture of herself and her dad. I began to gush over how great the picture was and how much I liked it. She pointed out the "crooked smile". That...

Super Bowl Sunday!!! Actually, I normally would be excited to watch the game and all, but this year I was not concerned at all with the events of this yearly tradition. Dare I say, this yearly act of worship towards an idol in many lives. Yeah, I say idol because how many skipped out on church just to watch the "Big Game"? How many chose to view an event that within a few hours, days, or month's will have no effect on the outcome of their life? How many looked to the immediate pleasure of the flesh over the eternal ramifications of their choices? But I digress from what I wanted to post about today... For month's now, my youngest daughter has been resistant to going to her Sunday school class or even junior church. I for one have been showing frustration with this from time to time, but have "given in" and allowed her to stay with me. It has been a learning process for the both of us. Sunday morning was an example from the Lord that I may have never se...