Morning Briefings

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit’ — you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.

– James 4:13
The New American Bible

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.

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He [John the Baptist] was preparing for accepting that even he, with Jerusalem at this feet, was dispensable. Handing over a job is not dying. It is the start of a new phase of living.

– Sacred Space

Neither Bach nor his contemporaries had any idea that his music would grace the ages. There is the interesting insertion in Bach’s own hand of the letters J.J. at the beginning of each composition and S.D.G. at the end. They are abbreviations for the Latin Jesu Juva (Jesus Help Me) and Soli Deo Gloria (To the Glory of God Alone).

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Glimpses of Christian History

Bad News: U.S. Slump Takes Toll Across Globe, The Wall Street Journal; Stocks Slip After Disappointing Earnings, Yahoo! News; Home Sales Hit Low in February, Associated Press

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit’- -you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.

– James 4:13
The New American Bible