Immigration is a hot topic just now. What do you think?
Yes, we have enough to share. And no one wants a gangster, thief or bomb-builder living next door.
Matthew 10:16 (ESV)
Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Everybody take a deep breath. Stop the name calling.
Don’t turn the middle ground into a no man’s land.
OK, Lord, I spoke less today. But I can’t say
that I listened more. 
This listening for Lent is harder than I thought.
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth.
Everybody else has something to say, but Jesus is silent.
Maybe Jesus is intently listening to the lies spoken about him. Or maybe he hears his Father’s still small voice whispering over the roar of the crowd.
James 1:19
Be quick to listen, slow to speak
and slow to become angry,
That’s our Jesus — quick to listen, slow to speak. And when he does speak, it’s not anger. It’s forgiveness.
Most people give up something for Lent. Just to be different, sometimes I add something for Lent.
This year, I’m going to listen for Lent.
That’s what God told me to do (at least, that’s what I think he said).
What about you? Are you listening?
What is going on in our land?
It’s simple, really:
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Humble ourselves. And pray.
3 John 1:2 (ESV)
Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
So, how are you?
What’s in better shape, your body or your soul?
Shalom – Hebrew word meaning peace, harmony, tranquility,
wholeness, completeness, prosperity, well-being.
“When peace like a river attendeth my way . . .
It is well, it is well with my soul.”
Horatio Gates Spafford, 1873
Let’s pray that peace floods the houses of government.
Let’s pray that it will be well with our leaders’ souls.
When it comes to praying for those in authority, let’s take our cue from the Apostle John.
3 John 1:2 (VOICE)
I pray that everything is going well for you and that your body is as healthy as your soul is prosperous.
Healthy body and prosperous soul–we can’t go wrong making that our prayer.
