STOP AND THINK Security in 2013 will come from God and not from our new year’s resolutions. No matter how clever our resolutions or how good our intentions, we really can’t know what the New Year will hold or how we will react to its events. We cannot be...
STOP AND THINK A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. (Anonymous) We’re approaching the end of the year, and some people are probably thinking about making some resolutions for 2013. Isn’t that a waste of time? We...
STOP AND THINK By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. (Confucius) No doubt, we’ve all learned by all three of those methods. And some...
STOP AND THINK Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. (Kin Hubbard, American humorist and journalist) It’s unfortunately true, isn’t it? The sentiment of peace and good will is often lost in...
STOP AND THINK I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on earth, good will to men! (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) Yes, this is the day that has changed the world. Even our calendars are arranged...
STOP AND THINK He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. (Roy L. Smith, American clergyman) Tomorrow is the big day for many, but others will celebrate tonight, Christmas Eve. But Smith’s comment is important to consider whether you...
STOP AND THINK The mystery of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding. (Martin Luther "Father" of the Protestant Reformation) This is Sunday of Christmas week. Churches around the world will be trying to make...
STOP AND THINK People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used. (Author unknown) Is that an accurate perspective? We seem to accumulate more and more, and...
STOP AND THINK Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard words. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. (Author unknown) Peace is not merely a truce where weapons are not fired and bombs...
STOP AND THINK We do not heal the past by dwelling there; we heal the past by living fully in the present. (Marianne Williams, author and lecturer) Sometimes the failures of the past, or the memories of them, so immobilize us that we cannot function normally. We must...
STOP AND THINK Christmas reminds us we are not alone. (Donald E. Westlake, American writer) A week from today, families all around the world will gather. No one wants to be alone on Christmas. The deeper reminder of the day, however, is that God Himself entered into...
STOP AND THINK There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. (George Matthew Adams, American newspaper columnist) Though many of us are individualists and like to think that we can do it on our own,...