In God’s creation mandate (Genesis 1:28), members of the human race are instructed to labor, and make a living. St. Paul, in the New Testament, goes as far as to imply that anyone not willing to work should not be entitled to eat (II Thessalonians 3:10).
God’s children, in addition to their obligation to labor, make […]
A few months ago, a close friend shared with me an interesting thought he had just read somewhere. The message simply declared: “It is good to be important, but it’s more important to be good!”
Reflecting on that, I immediately remembered how relative the issue of human goodness is. I was equally conscious of what the […]
When you come to the end of your earthly journey, what monuments shall you leave behind to impact others? How many altars shall you have erected to celebrate God’s goodness in your lifetime? Will you have fruit to show or only leaves to display?
These questions are raised because God places His human creatures on earth […]
Several years ago I came across a significant thought I had extracted from the Jewish Talmud. The statement simply affirmed: “When a man appears before the Throne of Judgment, the first question he is asked is not, ‘Have you believed in God?’ or ‘Have you prayed and observed the ritual?’ He is asked: ‘Have you […]
When humans lose anything, great or small, they usually employ their best efforts to find and recover what is lost. Even Jesus devoted three of His best-known parables addressing that issue, indicating the great joy experienced by some individuals once what they had lost was found again!
From experience we know that, sadly, some items remain […]
