I was in Mexico City one time and had no idea how cold it gets there. It’s located at a higher altitude and at night it is freezing cold. I’d gone to a restaurant and after eating dinner was walking through a market and a little girl perhaps five years old came up to me and tugged on my pants leg. I looked down and was struck by her angelic beauty. She had large almond shaped brown eyes and was dressed in shabby clothes and her feet were wrapped in newspapers because she had no shoes. She looked up at me and held out her tiny hand for money and pointed to her little belly indicating she was hungry. She was alone on this dimly lit crowded street at approximately 10 p.m. . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/poor/

Bernard Levin once said: “Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times noisy) desperation, understanding nothing but the fact that there is a hole inside them and that however much food and drink they pour into it, however many motorcars and television sets they stuff it with, however many well balanced children and loyal friends they parade around the edges of it . . . it aches!” . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/anxiety-ensured/

I once lived next door to a guy who owned every kind of tool known to mankind. He had bench saws, miter saws, jig saws, band saws, thousands of wrenches metric and otherwise, ratchets, extensions, sockets, electricians tools, lathe, drills, ladders, screwdrivers, welders, magnets, mirrors, grinders, clamps, glass cutters, voltage meters, you name it. He could have built the sixth fleet, an entire subdivision, and the Trump Casino with all that stuff . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/tools/

We’re fast approaching the best and holiest time of the year and it has absolutely nothing to do with Easter Bunnies. This celebration is about Jesus Christ being crucified and three days later arising from the grave and death being defeated forever which made reunification with almighty God reality . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/easter/

Christians are often accused by the world of being narrow minded and exclusionary. The reason for this is we believe that there is but one way to get to heaven and that is through Jesus Christ. Why do we believe that? Because we think that we are better than everyone in the world? Because we think that we are holier than everyone else in the world? Certainly not! We believe it because Jesus Himself tells us that is His plan in the Bible and we believe the Bible to be the holy Word of God. Jesus said that there is but one way to get to heaven and that is through Him . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/narrow-minded-3/

A friend sent this to me the other day and it seemed to fit right in with the mood I’ve been in as I have been focusing on Jesus and His trip to the cross on our behalf. Easter is not about bunnies; it is about the broken body and blood Jesus shed on our behalves . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/no-easter-bunnies/

Lately I feel as though I’ve lost my sense of direction. It is an unusual place for me to be; it seems as though God has withdrawn to a faraway place. Generally I set numerous goals in virtually every area of my life. I prioritize them, and work diligently to achieve them. But I just cannot seem to get on a track that feels comfortable. I cannot decide what to work on first . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/god-drawing-away/

I have a friend who talks up a storm. Once you get him started, just sit back and get yourself a cup of coffee, kick off your shoes, and make yourself comfortable because you are going to be there for a “while”. If you ask him what time it is, he will tell you how to build a clock, a watch, (including wind up and battery operated), a sun dial, and the origin of clocks. (My wife seems to think that I am cut out of the same mold and when you get the two of us together it is like releasing water out of the Hoover Dam She is so wrong about so many things!) . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/04/chatter-box-silenced-2/

Through the years many people have expressed their viewpoint about Jesus Christ. Most scholars, historians, and major religions acknowledge the existence of Jesus. For someone who only lived for 33 years He sure made an impact on this world. Even our time is marked by His birth and death, BC/AD. The Muslims acknowledge that He was a prophet in their Koran as do the Buddhists, (At least I had a Buddhist tell me that one time). Christians of course believe that he was God incarnate sent to earth to save humanity . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/03/destiny-2/

It is a well-known fact that it is easier to forgive than forget. As the old adage states: “Once burned, twice shy.” Often those who wrong us take the position that because we are Christians we must as part of our faith necessarily forgive them just as though the event never occurred. This sounds as though some arrogant punk who knows the Bible reveling in slapping the other cheek indefinitely . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2025/03/forgiveness-2/