Posts from 2024

Dear SCC & Friends, God shall supply all your needs… ~Philippians 4:19 Reflection #246                  Sometimes we can confuse needs and wants. We can get so focused on wants that they turn into needs and affect our spiritual and psychological wellbeing. A need is something necessary for survival… food, water and shelter. A want may be a good thing but remains something we don’t necessarily need. Basic needs are essential to life, while our wants and desires remain non-essential. There is…

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Dear SCC & Friends, Who can discern his errors… ~Psalm 19:12 Reflection #245                       Truth is true if nobody believes it, and falsehood is false if everybody believes it. If something is true, it cannot be false, and if something is false, it cannot be true. As human beings we are by nature truth seekers; as fallen human beings we are also by nature truth twisters. ~Os Guiness We are called to be men and women of discernment who  can perceive, understand and judge…

Dear SCC & Friends, …to whom honor is due… ~Romans 13:7 Reflection #244                  When one joins the Armed Services, he or she is required to take an oath. This is the oath I took as have millions of other veterans in service to their country… I solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take…

Dear SCC & Friends, He who has ears to hear… ~Mark 4:9 Reflection #243                  I once complemented a well-known minister on how much his sermon had blessed me. He looked at me, almost staring a hole through me, and said, “Did you hear it brother? Did you hear it?” I was somewhat taken aback and meekly responded, “I think so.” It’s been many years later, and I still need to ask… Did I hear it?” People have told me many…

Dear SCC & Friends, Deep calls to deep… ~Psalm 42:7 Reflection #242                  The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. ~G.K. Chesterton~ Depth is not only for “super saints” but for all. …to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth… ~Eph. 3:18 God uses imperfect people to accomplish His perfect will. A vital and necessary component of our faith is availability and willingness to obey His call… If any…

Dear SCC & Friends, …seek, and you shall find… ~Matthew 7:7 Reflection #241                  If something is misplaced, it’s lost until you find it. It may be right in front of you or left in regions unknown. A few weeks ago I “misplaced my wallet.” The last time I used it was on a Friday night… no problem… It turned out I didn’t need it on the weekend and figured it was probably hiding in plain sight. Monday morning rolled around…

Dear SCC & Friends, Let marriage be held in honor… ~Hebrews 13:4 Reflection #240                  Dudley and I recently celebrated fifty-two years of marriage. We have shared twenty-seven million, three hundred thirty-one thousand and two hundred minutes as husband and wife. We’ve been married twice as long as when we were single… How is it that time seems to go much faster as we grow older? Tempus fugit… It is in the midst of time that life simply happens. Our marriages…

Dear SCC & Friends, I believe… ~John 9:38 Reflection #239                  …for we walk by faith, not by sight. ~2 Cor. 5:7 People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. ~Blaise Pascal~ God is invisible, but His innumerable attributes are evident. …that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal…

Dear SCC & Friends, …God my refuge ~Psalm 73:28 Reflection #237                  The most amazing things in life tend to happen right at the moment we’re about to give up hope. ~Anon.~ Would we be better off if we erased every past failure or disappointment? Would rewriting our past create a better version of ourselves? The truth is we actually need adversity and setbacks to mature. Nothing is wasted… Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all. ~Ps.…

Dear SCC & Friends, …from vessel to vessel ~Jeremiah 48:11 Reflection #236                  Virtually every good thing in my life has been in spite of me, not because of me. It is amazing how the Lord orchestrates our steps without us being fully aware that He is orchestrating. Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, how then can man understand his way? ~Prov. 20:24 He’s forever the Potter and we are ever the clay… molded and shaped through His direction, wisdom and love. I know,…

Dear SCC & Friends, …clouds without rain… ~Jude 1:12 Reflection #235                  Authenticity is the quality of being genuine or real. Hypocrisy is advocating behaviors that one does not practice. The word hypocrite comes from the Greek word hupokritēs meaning “stage actor.” A hypocrite is someone pretending to be something that he or she is not in order to receive recognition or gain… At some level we all struggle with hypocrisy… acting gracious in public with a different attitude in private……