Tim Keller
I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.
Satan wants to destroy our faith in God. God wants to destroy our faith in ourselves.
John Kimbell
One great power of sin is that it blinds men so that they do not recognize its true character.
Andrew Murray
Devotions For Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas
A Book Review for The Randleman Review
As a parent of a large family, I see the need for spiritual guidance in the life off my family as a key element. Because of this, I am always looking for resources that can help my wife and I lead and train our children to be the best that they can be, and all that God desires them to be.
Over the years, we have gathered quite a collection of great parenting resources, from inspirational books, to DVD based curriculum. But we haven’t really found a devotional that focuses on parenting that really impacted us where we felt like we needed it.
That changed when we found Devotions For Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas. This book is a phenomenal resource that we have found to be very useful. I have been through the book more than once over the past couple of months, and my wife is excited by what I have shared with her. She is looking forward to utilizing it in the coming days and weeks.
Most devotional books seem to be brief and shallow. But Gary Thomas has created a book full of devotions that are more than a brief snippet of inspirational thought. They have meat to them, and leave you with a few questions to consider afterward. The book is not a daily devotional, but a weekly one, with only 52 devotions included. But that doesn’t present a problem, since we have found that it takes more than a few days to fully digest the topic that Thomas sparks in our thoughts and prayers.
Coffee Break – 09.17.2018
Your Monday Dose Of Inspiration
On this day in history: In 1787, the Constitution of the United States of America was signed by delegates at the Constitutional Convention. In 1872, Phillip W. Pratt patented a version of the sprinkler system. In 1937, Abraham Lincoln’s face at Mount Rushmore was dedicated. And in 1976, NASA publicly unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise.
Today Is National Apple Dumpling Day!
Maybe you could watch The Apple Dumpling Gang!
Celebrity Coffee Commercials – Many famous people have advertised coffee over the years. Here are a few commercials for your viewing pleasure.
How To Layer With Style: 10 Rules For Layering Men’s Clothes – With colder weather approaching, additional layers will be helpful. Here are some rules to help you pull this off successfully, and not look out of place.
The Most Mysterious Thing About Edgar Allan Poe Might Be How He Died – I’m a big fan of Poe’s works. But did you know that the mystery of his death has never been adequately explained?
Extraordinary Octopus Takes To Land – The wonders of God’s creation continually amaze me. This video shows an octopus that can leave the water for a time, traveling across dry land from tidal pool to tidal pool in search of food.
Patience isn’t the ability to wait. It’s how you behave while waiting.
Unknown
Measuring Life By The Homes We Have Loved
How A House Becomes A Home
Every now and then. I think about how life can be measured by different things, and recently, I have been measuring my life by the homes I have lived in.
We are just a few weeks away from saying goodbye to a house that has been a good home for our family, and moving into a new building that I hope will quickly take on the characteristics of home.
Over the years, we have had several homes. Some have been houses that we simply lived in for a time. Others have developed that special quality that makes the building into something special. Some have become home.
I suspect that there is a lot more to this than just the physical buildings that we live in, those special qualities that make it meaningful. I suspect that it has to do as much with the community, and the friendships that we have developed, and the relationships between our own family members as we have lived, laughed and loved together inside these walls. Those are the things that make a building something special in our lives.
For instance, this is the building where my youngest daughter took her first steps, where my boys lost their teeth, where my daughters introduced their first boyfriends to their mother and me. This is a place where I can see the ghostly memories of small children digging holes in the back yard, of older children riding bikes, of sitting around a campfire or swinging on the playset.