The Apostle Paul said he had learned that in whatever circumstance he found himself to be “content” (Phil. 4:11). He didn’t say “satisfied.” There is a difference. Had Paul been willing to accept all his surroundings, positive as well as negative, he might have used the word “satisfied”, meaning, “happy, gratified, […]

Last Monday, smarting from heavy loses to my retirement funds caused by a dropping market, I wrote on waiting to worry. Quite honestly, I did a poor job of waiting. The only waiting I really did was waiting to get to sleep each night. Many friends and readers, some I don’t even know […]

Like many of you I lost money in the last few weeks as the stock market dropped. To be quite honest, I lost a lot of retirement money. In fact, I lost so much, I may need to un-retire. In the midst of my depression, God gave me a passage of scripture from […]

I attended my college reunion last weekend. Psychologist Joyce Brothers says, “Ninety-nine and nine-tenths of people have some anxiety about going to a reunion. The rest are people who are so secure and have done so well they have no intention of going back.” I guess I fit the majority.
There are several […]