On June 24, 1993, Jennifer Lee Ertman (14) and Elizabeth Pena (16) took a shortcut through Houston’s T.C. Jester Park around 11:30 p.m. (The park snakes along White Oak Bayou about a mile north of Hwy 290 and Antoine.) In their hurry to get home after a birthday party, the two girls walked past sixContinue reading “JUSTICE. Nahum 1:3.”
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PEACE IN OUR TIME. Psalm 46:9-10.
In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from negotiations with Adolf Hitler and announced to the British people that he had secured “Peace in Our Time.” Chamberlain and others had agreed to give Hitler the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia populated by many Germans. Everyone seemed to think if they gave Hitler that oneContinue reading “PEACE IN OUR TIME. Psalm 46:9-10.”
God is LOOKING for Someone to Bless!
Israel fought many wars against pagan nations. As a Bible reader, it is easy to assume God will always intervene so His people win every war. After all, the surrounding nations worship idols but Israel worships the One True God, right? But what if Israel has a civil war? If Judah and Benjamin takeContinue reading “God is LOOKING for Someone to Bless!”
Great Achievements Do Not Happen in Wartime.
Are you stressed? Distracted? Pulled in too many directions? If so, you will not be able to achieve at your best. People do well with “some” stress. They say a little stress is good for you. I remember making my best charcoal drawing while furious about something I’ve long since forgotten. And I put asideContinue reading “Great Achievements Do Not Happen in Wartime.”
War.
Nothing is more intense than war. A soldier’s entire life may seem dull when he reflects on three or four days spent fighting for his life and the lives of his brothers-in-arms. War is INTENSE. Men die on your left and right. Near misses make you wonder how you survived. You may not eat someContinue reading “War.”
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