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Tar Babies
The old American folktale of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox tells of how Brer Fox once tricked Brer Rabbit by making a doll made of tar. As Rabbit bounced by to speak to the tar baby, he was aggravated by how the doll never spoke back. As a result, he ends up punching the doll …
Lessons From Scrooge
Many of us know of Ebenezer Scrooge from the classic story, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens', but how many of us identify ourselves with him? Clearly, we'd rather see ourselves in a very different light and for good reason. After all, Scrooge is a mean, stingy, greedy, grumpy old man, who thinks and cares …
Overflow
What is overflow? One example would be when our cups are too full to hold any more. As a result, if more is poured in, there is an overflow. This is also a beautiful illustration of how our life with Christ can be. However, there are times we are tempted to try and catch the …
Restless For Rest?
I recall being so restless during the early days of my career. I would go to the beach and dream of ways I could make enough money to buy one of those beach homes, get one of those yachts and acquire the "good life". When I was at work, I was always striving to be …
Less Of Me
I realize I may be one of the few folks under fifty who genuinely enjoys listening to the Statler Brothers, especially their gospel music. One my favorite songs they recorded is Less Of Me. It's clear to know what it's about simply by its title. I appreciate it because focusing on others more than myself …
For Self, Or Service
Most of us will face times where we wrestle with the option of selfishness or servitude. This is to be expected because caring for our own needs and desires is quite natural. Caring for others and seeking areas to serve others over our own needs however is unnatural, unless we are being submissive and obedient …
