August 2023 – Adonai's Appeal

A city without walls

Self control is the nucleus in the atom of every habit we form. Either we’ve exerted it and created a constructed, healthy, positive habit OR we’ve ignored it and allowed unhealthy, destructive, negative habits to form. All habits – good or bad – small or large – silly or important – are linked back toContinue reading “A city without walls”

Wanting more

We all generally would prefer to have more money than we currently have. Isn’t that the age old counterfactual question – “if you had a million bucks, what would you do with it?” Our answers range the gambit: 💰pay of bills.💰pay off family members’ bills.💰go on vacation.💰buy [insert in personal wishes]💰give to charities/local church💰home improvementsContinue reading “Wanting more”

Checklist Christians?

We are human so we can easily get caught up in the checklist approach to life. They keep us organized and on track. Make sure we get what we need done and then we check off the complete tasks and move to the next one on the list. And while lists are great (I’m veryContinue reading “Checklist Christians?”

Deep waters

Motives. We all have them but they are very hard to really uncover and even harder sometimes to understand. Since we can’t read the hearts of others, it is very difficult especially at first glance to correctly identify some one’s motives for what they do (or don’t do) and say (and don’t say). It isContinue reading “Deep waters”

Keep your heart safe.

Plans vs. Purpose

We like to make plans. It is in our nature. Short term plans. Long term plans. Back up plans. Travel plans. Work plans. Friend plans. Financial Plans. Retirement plans. Weekend plans. Career plans. Education plans. Holiday plans. We even make plans for after we die. So, planning is something we do. Mostly because we liveContinue reading “Plans vs. Purpose”

God’s Tower

We all get scared. We all have times when we feel like our enemies have surrounded us. We all have times when chaos and despair from this life engulfs us. We all of times when we feel defeated. These feelings and experiences, they aren’t new to us. Humans through history have had them and triedContinue reading “God’s Tower”

God’s refining furnace

Refining precious metals is such a fascinating process to me. From watching gold or silver melt, seeing all the impurities float to the top of gold or silver, skimming them out, and repeating the process – I just find it some almost calming to watch. Partly because I love to watch fire burn but alsoContinue reading “God’s refining furnace”

Better than the Mighty

We all get emotional sometimes and when that happens we often let our emotions get the best of us. We fly off the handle when we’re angry. We snap. We’re cruel. We get short tempered when we’re annoyed. We blamecast when things aren’t going well. We’re quick tongued when someone hurts our feelings. The listContinue reading “Better than the Mighty”

Close or Far?

As humans we measure and understand things on a spectrum. Things or relationships can be close, far, or in between. Actions can be positive, negavite, neutral, or in the gray. People are good, evil, or in the middle. It is very hard for us to see and deal in exacts because we don’t have allContinue reading “Close or Far?”