NUMBER 42 Jackie Robinson broke major league baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. It is difficult to comprehend the sheer hatred he had to face from many fans across the country, even in New York City, where he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Death threats and taunts were...
Choices
Be A Grasshopper
BE A GRASSHOPPER In the book of Numbers, chapter 13, Moses and the people of Israel stand at the threshold of the Promised Land. Behind them lies slavery in Egypt. Ahead lies the land “flowing with milk and honey,” the place God had promised to Abraham. The Lord says...
Father, Give Me My Share of the Estate
FATHER, GIVE ME MY SHARE OF THE ESTATE A long time ago, Jesus old a story about what it is like to come home. Specifically, what it’s like to come home to our Father in heaven with no more qualifications than that we’ve made a mess of our own...
Wash Day
WASH DAY Monday Wash Day Lord, help me wash away all my selfishness and vanity, so I may serve you with perfect humility through the week ahead. Tuesday Ironing Day Dear Lord, help me iron out all the wrinkles of prejudice I have collected through the years so that...
Uplifting Things to do Today
UPLIFTING THINGS TO DO TODAY * Smile at a stranger * Drop a coin where a child can find it * Learn something new and teach it to someone * Tell someone you love them * Hug someone * Forgive someone who has wronged you * Try saying “I’m...