The Plumbline

Because of the grace allotted to me, I can  respectfully  tell you not to think of yourselves as being more important than you are; devote your minds to sound judgment since God has assigned to each of us a measure of faith.    For in the same way that one body has so many different parts, each with different functions;  we, too—the many—are different parts that form one body in the Anointed One. Each one of us is joined with one another , and we become together what we could not be alone.  (Romans 12:3-5 VOICE) Every now and again I catch one of these reality shows in which one member is going to be the one to be declared the "survivor" simply because they either can endure every awful challenge hurled at them, or they are simply so obnoxious to be around they drive everyone away from them by their behavior!  I know full well some of this "conflict" and "strategics" against one another is "staged" - it is theatrics at best.  Yet, there is some...

Who is the True God except the Eternal?  Who stands like a rock except our God?  The True God who encircled me with strength and made my pathway straight.  He made me sure-footed as a deer and placed me high up where I am safe.  He teaches me to fight so that my arms can bend a bronze bow.  You have shielded me with Your salvation, supporting me with Your strong right hand, and it makes me strong.  You taught me how to walk with care so my feet will not slip.  (Psalm 18:31-46 VOICE) On occasion I run across an article or perhaps a television documentary in which someone is attempting to postulate as to the "existence" of God.  The age-old question of who he is, if he is real, or how he could have created the universe always come up, doesn't it?  People try hard to answer these questions, but somehow fall short unless they receive the "evidence" of God in faith.  The massive quantity of stars in the many g...

Walt Kelly is quoted as saying, "Every burden is a blessing."  Walt is probably best known as the cartoonist who created the little character strip known as "Pogo".  He began as a cartoonist for Walt Disney, bringing characters to life in Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo. In one of his simple strips in the Pogo series, Pogo is walking along with Porkypine and is struggling to make it across the forest floor because of the prickly pine needles. As the two sit to nurse those wounds inflicted by the thick undergrowth and ponder the dilemma, Pogo simply says, "We have met the enemy, and he is us."  The enemy is us - what a somber thought, huh?  I once heard it said there are three people in the driver's seat of our lives - the person we are at this very moment, the one we could be if we gave into every whim or fancy of evil which presents itself to us, and the one we most certainly want to be by letting Christ do the driving.  The struggle comes in deciding ...