Category: Devotional Thoughts

  • The Praise of Others

    “Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.” Proverbs 27:2 It is easier for me to be proud than humble, and my pride is stroked by other’s praise. I have the tendency, when praised by others, to “share” that. “So and so…

  • Proverb #1

    An overemphasis on one thing is rarely a good thing.

  • Abram the Hebrew

    In the account detailing how “Abram the Hebrew” (Gen 14:13) defeated Chedorlaomer and other kings, attention is usually given to the mysterious Melchizedek in Genesis 14:19-20. Today, though, I note two things about Abram the Hebrew– Abram did not allow men to control his actions (vv. 13-16). From a human…