WORD TODAY: Eternity in our Hearts

 

God has set eternity in our hearts, but we don’t understand the scope of what He is doing. Ecclesiastes 3:11 If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world. C.S. Lewis Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us: like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased. While we wallow around in the mud, the Lord wants to show us a greater glory than we’ve ever imagined. It’s time to look up from our silly little mud pies and walk—no, run—to the glorious “holiday” He has promised. That’s where the real joy is found. C.S. Lewis Word for the Day is Ed Stevens' inspirational email, which includes a Bible verse and humor to brighten your day.

 

WORD TODAY: When To Keep Your Mouth Shut

 

When To Keep Your Mouth Shut If your words will damage a friendship. A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends. Proverbs 16:28 When you haven't verified the story. A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. Deuteronomy 19:15 If the issue is none of your business. Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler or busybody. 1 Peter 4:15 When you don't have all the facts. He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him. Proverbs 18:13 When you are tempted to make light of holy things. Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2 If your words will damage someone else's reputation. A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire. Proverbs 16:27 If your words will be a poor reflection of the Lord. Conduct yourselves with such honor that, though people may slander you as evildoers, they will see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us. 2 Peter 2:12 ANSWERS TO FRIDAY’S ELF ON SHELF PUNS!