Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you. Psalm 32:9 About Mules A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. They’re said to be more hardy than horses and more intelligent than donkeys….
Yup, Little Miss Active Listener went rogue again. Tigger-like, she bounced right over reflective, soft-spoken Joe with her over-eager interjections. I could say the interrupting words were well intentioned, borne of desire to build relationship and connect. I could say that. But I know better. Contrition For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always…
Pat thought what you wrote was a little passive-aggressive, a mutual friend relayed, her eyebrows raised. The charge caught me off-guard and I winced. I’d never thought of myself that way- as a sort of silent and brooding, wounded-then-wounding type. Then again, sometimes we are blind. So I raced off to re-read that post, with…
The real test of the saint is…doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God. -Oswald Chambers Mom, do these [dishes] count for my work today? Does this [Monopoly money] count for my math? Does this [vacuuming] count for exercise? Does this [Fruit…