Entries from August 2007

August 18, 2007

Are we willing to love them?

It is estimated that on average 1,202,000 abortions are performed monthly worldwide. Some studies show there are approximately 2 million gay men living in the United States and almost 1 million lesbians (I think that estimate is probably low). One study showed that on June 30, 2006 there were 2,245,189 prisoners held in Federal or [...]

August 12, 2007

Old Friends

Re-post from PlaceitattheCross.com – 06/14/07
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I received a call today from some old friends whom I had not spoken to in many years and a thought occurred to me:  What impact would we notice if we made the effort to maintain our close relationships throughout life?  How much more meaningful would our lives be knowing we [...]

August 11, 2007

Our First Priority Each Day

I renounced, for the love of Him, everything that was not He; and I began to live as if there was none but He and I in the world. Sometimes I considered myself before Him as a poor criminal at the feet of his judge; at other times I beheld Him in my heart as [...]

August 9, 2007

Thank You “Secret Sister”

There it sat, on the bottom row of cluttered and unorganized shelves at the Humane Society Thrift Store, a copy of Oswald Chambers “My Utmost for His Highest.” I had been in search of a new devotional and this was one I had often thought of. So I dislodged the book from between copies of [...]

August 6, 2007

Ancient Path, Desiring God, Truth Observed

Today I want to introduce you to a few of my favorite websites. Of course links to these sites will remain in the PlaceitattheCross.com blogroll, but here is a little information about each.
1) Ancient Path: www.ancientpath.net : “The Ancient Path is a Web based Bible ministry. Our purpose is to help you with personal Bible [...]