Galatians 6:6-8 “Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” Seeds! Planting and harvesting! I am a horrible gardener, my children
Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” One of my favorite treats, before diabetes (and probably why I have diabetes), is a Coke Slurpee. In fact, April has standing orders that if I go the death bed route, the last thing to pass my
Galatians 6:3-5 “For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.” When I was in seminary in Ft Worth, I went down to the Texas coastline with a classmate to spend a day at the beach. I
Galatians 5:26 “Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.” Ammunition has been hard to find the last few weeks, but the other day I found some online. I was so excited to order a few rounds…until I saw the price. It was double what I normally would pay! The excitement turned to a frown and I did not buy the ammo. Does that ever happen to you? You see or hear something
Galatians 5:25 “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” I think back to my time in high school. I remember trying to find my niche. Belonging was, and still is, an important desire. I am sure many of you can identify. We want to belong. We want to fit in. We want to be a part of something bigger and greater than our individual selves. I played several
Galatians 5:22-24 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” In looking for just the right word to describe something, there are times that we can’t express it just with one word. And as we have seen more than once on our trips to Guatemala, when
