We Should Teach, Particularly Ourselves, That Nobody

We Live In A Complex World. There Are Many Forces Calling Out, 'love Me.' A Sure Way To Set Our Guidelines For That Which We Choose To Serve And Learn To Love Is To Follow The Admonition Of Joshua: 'as For Me And My House, We Will Serve The Lord.

One Little Lie Or Dishonest Act Leads To Another Until The Perpetrator Is Caught In The Web Of Deceit.

A Willingness To Vocalize Feelings. How Important It Is To Be Willing To Voice One's Thoughts And Feelings. Yes, How Important It Is To Be Able To Converse On The Level Of Each Family Member. Too Often We Are Inclined To Let Family Members Assume How We Feel Toward Them. Often Wrong Conclusions Are Reached. Very Often We Could Have Performed Better Had We Known How Family Members Felt About Us And What They Expected.

A Friend Is A Possession We Earn, Not A Gift. ....the Lord Has Declared That Those Who Serve Him And Keep His Commandments Are Called His Servants. After They Have Been Tested And Tried And Are Found Faithful And True In All Things, They Are Called No Longer Servants, But Friends. His Friends Are The Ones He Will Take Into His Kingdom And With Whom He Will Associate In An Eternal Inheritance.

There Is A Gift Available To All Of Us-the Gift Of Looking To God For Direction. Here Is An Avenue Of Strength, Comfort, And Guidance. . . . "look To God And Live." This Is The Wonderful Promise Given So Often In The Scriptures. . . . Our Capacity To See And Comprehend Is Increased Only In Proportion To Our Willingness To Look. God Becomes More Approachable As We Look To Him.