Tag Archives: Humble

In a busy world, always hurling us forward, there is so much to be learned through the memories and stories of how our own families walked through life in the past. It was in 1927, after completing just two years of high school, that my grandfather put his education on ...

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”  Matthew 11:28 (NASB) This past week I have been on vacation with my 17-year-old granddaughter.  She has been here in our home for two weeks, and will remain for one more.  While I will be ...

The arrival of spring is heartily welcomed in Minnesota where winter lingers for almost a half-year. The two-parted whistles from male Northern Cardinals is often heard in the early spring. While lifting my head up to search for the birds, I cheerfully found little buds springing from the tip of ...

Honor is always out-of-season for a fool. He will seek it! He will even demand it, but like desiring snow in the summer-time, what he seeks will never come to him. His high opinion of himself and his self-righteous cause is never shared by others. He is neither deserving of ...

And the day had started with such promise. Bradley Porter jiggled his leg as he sat at his desk scowling at his assignment. He was a smart boy, earning top marks in every subject. He loved his little Christian school, sporting a pressed uniform and cardigan; but most of all ...