Morningside Devotionals

Wonder why sometimes the people who should be the most giving, aren't?  Ever wonder why the people who have the most to give, don't?  Ever wonder why the people who aren't blessed with enormous resources, seem to be the ones who make the most use of those resources? Ever wonder why those who have huge reserves aren't willing to share them when doing so would have no real consequence to them? We live in an age where for the price of a tank of gas a person can obtain valuable knowledge worth thousands of dollars, and yet, most choose not to? Ever wonder why someone would choose to stay without knowledge? The most perilous thing that we face as a people isn't a threat to our economy, but those who seek to control the population through fear, would want you to believe that, ever wonder why?  The most perilous thing that we face as a people isn't our educational decline in standards, although, those who want to rule you by fear, want you ...

NIV - Pro 21:23 - He who guards his mouth and his                              tongue keeps himself from calamity. The facts, how do you get to know the facts? You may see them, on the evening news, you may hear them, from the radio or T.V., if you are just listening, but more often than you realize, you get your news, or at least your sense of the news, from someone else. You hear them tell you what they thought they heard.  It is a perpetual and much faster paced rumor mill than at any other time in history.  Now that's not a terrible problem if we are talking about things that people say that are just moderately important, but when the depth of the item takes an another dimension, the rumor spread can cause absolute devastation, and people can lose not only money, but something much more important than money- they can...

Nobody who knows me believes I can do this, but, each day in October we will review one mind boggling theological concept in one paragraph. That's the part nobody can buy, they know I have a big mouth and write like I speak. But here is what they don't know, a person who is in love, can do remarkable things, and this is written for you, and, I love you. God, you know, is love. Consider that, the Bible doesn't say God knows about love, that would be obvious, or that God approves of love, or even that God, who made us in His image, wonders about love when it comes to humankind whom He created, but who apparently don't get it. No the Bible says, God is love, and that, is water to water, water is water, dirt is dirt, electricity is shocking, but electricity is electricity- so while you are trying to dig your head out of it, let's take this first mind boggling theological truth and absorb it from this one paragraph, "God is love." (1 John 4:8) drd's Blog...