... our lives are never as important as our attitude toward those circumstances. That's the point I'm trying to make here. Not only do we Christians learn to accept and take responsibility for living with our "thorns", we use those "thorns" for good. Laurel Lee is the would-be victim of Hodgkin's disease who has demonstrated that fact. She has written at least two books, both recording her feelings, thoughts, and observations as she has walked through the valley of the shadow of death. She likened the choices ...
... am the least of all the apostles, and the chief of all sinners." You think about it. If anyone could have rested on his laurels, Paul could have. He had seen the risen Lord, he had visited the third heaven, he was the world's greatest preacher, he was ... we remember what God forgets; and then we forget what God wants us to remember. I read a story years ago about General Robert E. Lee, who visited a lady in Virginia after the Civil War. She was extremely bitter toward the North and she took him out to her front ...
... even have to tell you why that is true. But we also must avoid resting in the present. If anyone could have rested on his laurels, so to speak, Paul could have. He had seen the risen Lord, he had visited Heaven, he was known as the world's greatest ... We remember what God forgets, and then we forget what God wants us to remember. I read a story years ago about General Robert E. Lee who visited a lady in Virginia after the Civil War. She was extremely bitter toward the North. She took him out to her front ...
On Palm Sunday April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, General of the Union Army, at the village of Appomattox Court House, ... of Macedonia and his extended family. Finally, Aemilius himself entered Rome, mounted on a magnificent chariot. Aemilius wore a purple robe, interwoven with gold. He carried his laurels in his right hand. He was accompanied by a large choir singing hymns, praising the military accomplishments of the great Aemilius. (2) That, my friends, is how ...
