James 4:13-17 It is said that there used to be a North American tribal chief who daily would rise with the sun and greet it when he exited his tent. Then he would point at the sun and trace his hand across his view of the sky “showing” the sun the path it was to take for the day. Now that’s arrogance! Are you an arrogant person? Probably not in the way we usually define the term. We usually think of an arrogant person as one with his or her “nose in the air”, indicating that others around are less than equals. But God illustrates the average arrogant person differently. ...

Psalm 119:9-16 One of the neat computer features of recent years is automatic program updating. Each day my computer checks the Internet for me to see if certain programs have been improved or modified. I can then choose to have the modification added or ignore it. In theory, I have the most up-to-date information and programming code available. Garbage In - Garbage Out As most people have heard or experienced that computers don’t always work the way they should. Most all problems are related to mistakes someone made in inputting commands. Sometimes even when the mistakes are corrected, other mistakes crop up. ...

Once there was a family torn by a bitter divorce. All that held common interest for the divorced parents was their little girl. One day she was playing in the street and was hit by a vehicle. She was rushed to the hospital and her parents came to her bedside. What Really Mattered The doctors told the estranged couple nothing more could be done for her. Apart from a miracle, she would not survive. As they stood hovering near, her eyes popped open and she looked from father to mother standing on opposite sides of the bed. With all of her remaining strength, she reached for the hands of both and brought them together across her body. ...

Read Joshua 4:1-7 I was only 7 years old at the time, but the 1965 flood of the Mississippi River is something I will always remember. The volume of water was so great in the river near where we lived that shipping was suspended, the dams were opened, bridges were watched closely, and many downtown businesses in Davenport, IA were flooded out. Although we were not directly affected, many people we knew were. It was quite a display of how God’s creation can easily throw off the boundaries man tries to put on it. ...