Contradictions!

I was doing some search through a few things I wrote about twenty years ago, and I found the words posted below. Have things changed much?

There are some stunning contradictions in our main sources of entertainment. Television has many programs decrying the rampant teenage pregnancies, but they are sponsored by the sex merchants. Some use fifteen year old girls to advertise their sex-will-sale products. Movies depict the beauty of "Foxes" and "Little Darlings" doing it naturally in "Blue Lagoons", and all the while the marquees suggest that no one be admitted under seventeen years of age.

The worst contradiction though, comes a home, where we try to spoon feed our children about life and sexual purity, while we are engaged up to our ears in televised "jiggle" jokes and x-rated acts as our entertainment.

Call me what you like, but it seems to me we ought to be consistent.

Matthew 23: 25 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrite! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self indulgence."

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My New Favorite Commercial!!!

I watch a lot of television and find most commercials to mindless. But I just saw one that made me laugh out loud. It is by Quiznos. It depicts a beautiful young woman sitting on a park bench. She was watching another woman, rather plain, eating a sandwich. She is very jealous of the lady with the sandwich, we hear her thoughts, "That should be me." Then she speaks vehemently to the plain Jane, "I hate you!"

The lady looks up with a surprised look and a smile spreads across her face and she responds to the Beauty, "Wow, really?"


Now that is a commercial with which most of us can relate!

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The Hungry Dog

It is the hungry dog that does the hunting. A comfortable, satisfied feeling sometimes leads people to complacency, and possibly boredom. On the other hand, people with a desire to reach a goal are constantly busy and alive.

Having something we want before us helps us to have a purpose in what we do. If we are a student, that needed diploma motivates us. If we are parents, having our children become responsible citizens requires determination and steadfastness. As Christians, a longing for Heaven and peace prompts us to take up our crosses daily.

Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled"

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An Attitude of Gratitude

One day my mom received a painting from her favorite aunt. It was a round canvas, with a diameter of 24 inches. It was a still life of flowers in a nice vase. My Mom wanted it framed professionally. When she brought it home from the framer, she had also bought a sconce to place on each side of the painting when it was hung on the wall.

Our nation has set aside one day each year, the fourth Thursday of November, as a day of Thanksgiving. We have much for which to be thankful as a nation, freedom, security, and plenty. The turkey is the symbol we all relate to Thanksgiving Day.

Christians should not wait until November to be thankful for all their blessings. All good and perfect gifts come from God. That includes not only the temporal blessings, but the spiritual blessings like salvation, the church, the Scriptures, and our hope.

God deserves thanks every day. All we do should be done in an attitude of gratitude, giving the glory to our Father in Heaven.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 "in everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus".

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Peer Pressure Is Not Just Kid Stuff

Peer pressure is one of the most subtle, yet overwhelming pressures we have to face. It is extremely difficult to overcome the desire to be one of the crowd.

The period of maximum group pressure is probably during adolescent years, from seventh through twelfth grades in school. During those years the strongest motivational force on the average teen is not to please parents. It is to please friends, to be accepted by peers.


Peer pressure may subside in later life, but it definitely does not cease. A housewife and mother may be tempted to lie about her family so they will be accepted. A business man may give in to social activities or business practices that are against his conscience, just so he won't be left out of the inner circle, or branded an outcast.


Temptations associated with peer pressure can be extreme. Giving in to these temptations brings weakness and even eternal death. Standing fast brings strength and leads toward life everlasting.


Romans 12:2 "Don't let the world around squeeze you into its own mold..."


(This post first appeared on another blogsite that is now defunct).

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Receiving and Bestowing The NICE AWARD!

I have had The Nice Award bestowed on me today by my dear virtual friend, Inklings. She said so many nice things, I am sure I will go back to reread it from time to time when I am not feeling good.

My assignment now is to present a nice award to a deserving blogger. I could have chosen anyone of a dozen or so virtual friends that have been especially nice, but is easy and a joy to name Sharon Hurley, aka wahmwriter, Hall.

I first met Sharon in the WritingUp.com neighborhood and I count her as a tremendous neighbor. Sharon is one of the most successful bloggers and freelance writers in cyberspace. Very few bloggers are more ready to share and encourage others than Sharon. And what she shares is highly significant because she is so very knowledgeable. Sharon works hard to make the community of man a better place.


SHH has made a wonderful impact on those with whom she has come in contact, and I for one am glad to present her with this nice award! She is free to pass it along on any of her blogs, and link back to keep the Nice Award moving along.

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Piggy Banking

When I first entered the ministry, I was doing youth ministry. Within a few years I had developed good friendships with many who married and began families. When their children were delivered, I always went to the hospital to visit. But I always wanted to take a little something as a gift, rather than go empty handed.

Very early on I settled on giving little ceramic banks. After all, I was in the Saving business. Sometimes they were piggy banks, or other animals. Sometimes I would give a football or other theme bank. I tried to make the banks fit the family. Sometimes it was hard to find the perfect bank, and I would settle for what I could find.

The giving of banks has become such a tradition that the moms often wonder what bank they will get from me. Now days if I here that one of our members is expecting, I will begin seeking the right bank long before the baby makes an appearance. I have on a couple of occasions, been able to buy banks in homelands of the mother, who came to the States with her groom. One came from Shanghai and was a monkey, matching the year of the Chinese zodiac in which the child was born. The other was from Belarus and was a figure of a little girl in traditional dress from that country.

I sometimes wish I had kept a list of the names of the children I had given banks at their birth, but I did not. I wonder how long it will be before I am able to present a bank to a child born to a parent that was also a recipient of a bank from me at their birth.

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