by wordsfortheday | Jul 28, 2021 | Being Liked, Holy Spirit
July 28, 2021 – Click here to listen I have an acquaintance with whom I simply cannot effectively communicate and/or get along; this despite determined, sincere, and well-meaning effort on my part to do so. Recently we had another telephone melee, (one of many). After...
by wordsfortheday | Jul 27, 2021 | Friends, Holy Spirit
July 27, 2021 – Click here to listen So yesterday my wife and I were discussing our upcoming trip and she suddenly said, “Uh oh!” I replied, “What is it?” And as it turned out she was off an entire week for the departure date for our trip. She thought we were flying...
by wordsfortheday | Jul 26, 2021 | Holy Spirit, Raising children
July 26, 2021 – Click here to listen I received the (lightly edited) letter below from a concerned reader that asks a question that I’ve been asked numerous times. She wrote in response to the analogy I raised about running out of rope and tying a knot in it and...
by wordsfortheday | Jul 23, 2021 | Holy Spirit, Quitting
July 23, 2021 – Click here to listen Not so long ago I met with a friend who the last time I saw him was sitting on top of the world, but when I met with him, he looked sad, haggard and defeated. He told me he’d been going through dark trials and tribulation in his...
by wordsfortheday | Jul 22, 2021 | Holy Spirit, Old Age
July 22, 2021 – Click here to listen So today I’m in Valdosta Georgia and will soon leave go to visit my old home Honey Lake and many friends in the area from Honey Lake all the way to Tallahassee. My wife and I left the Keys early in the morning yesterday, stopped in...