Posts from May 2025
SOUND WORDS, MAY 11, 2025
BEARING HIS CROSS Jesus Christ could not carry his cross in this world His body so weakened by beating that he fell beneath the load So they compelled another to take up the burden It was heavy and rough and I imagine he groaned under the weight Thinking, it is not fair why should I have to bear this cross It was not meant for me But in the end he laid the cross down and rested his weary body…
SOUND WORDS, MAY 4, 2025
FIRST THINGS FIRST: SELF EXAMINATION “First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:1-5). It is always easier to judge others than to examine oneself. It is easy to see the faults and sins of our neighbor, and we are too ready to point them out. We are not nearly as ready to look ourselves and our own flaws. It is like seeing…