The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. Proverbs 10:7 ESV It is true that no one has control over his family origin. I also think it is equally true, that although we rarely stop and think about it, those who went before us affect us today. With that mindset I have done today what I have long threatened to do. I have sent off my two swabs in the mail to ancestry.com in order to discover the dark secrets of my past. Having rolled them ar

But be at far from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. Galatians 6:14 ESV Long before the Lone Ranger kicked up dust with his horse Silver, he trotted about the desert on a mare named Dusty. Not a very exciting name, but I’m sure she was a good horse. Our hero’s second stallion was a bit of an improvement. Silver was rescued by the Lone Ranger from an enraged buffalo, and as a result, becam

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Proverbs 27:1 ESV In writing his personal memoirs, Ulysses S Grant includes this opening statement, quoting a sage of long ago, “man proposes but God disposes.” He goes on to write a profound analysis of that saying, “There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.” Grant was acknowledging the fact that life brings with it a strong current, carrying us to shores