Janitors and CEOs

At my work, I have often noticed a tendency in myself that I despise -- the tendency to put more effort into friendliness and helpfulness toward a member of management or other person who has power to affect my employment than toward less notable employees. I have to consciously fight this hypocrisy in my daily routine. I recently came across a quote from Ann Landers:

"The true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good."

I want to treat the janitor with the same respect and courtesy as I would the CEO should he arrive on site. All this makes me think of the words of our Lord Jesus:

12 And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment. 13 "But when you give a reception , invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
Luke 14:12-14

Unlocking the Mystery of Life

I am currently watching Focus on the Family's "The Truth Project" with a friend. So far lesson five has been the most informative and interesting. In part of lesson five the professor uses a couple of clips from a video entitled "Unlocking the Mystery of Life". The clips I saw were an awe-inspiring glimse into the intricate and complex inner workings of the human body -- the cell in particular. I hope to view the video in its entirety soon. Those who believe in evolution and the idea of life spontaneously generating itself are really deceiving themselves just like God's word says.

Our God truly is amazing and beyond comprehension! His genius is incomparable and unfathomable!

http://www.unlockingthemysteryoflife.com/

Death and Life

Who will remember you when you are dead? Who will pray for you? Do now, beloved, what you can, because you do not know when you will die, nor what your fate will be after death. Gather for yourself the riches of immortality while you have time. Think of nothing but your salvation. Care only for the things of God...
Keep yourself as a stranger here on earth, a pilgrim whom its affairs do not concern at all. Keep your heart free and raise it up to God, for you have not here a lasting home. To Him direct your daily prayers, your sighs and tears, that your soul may merit after death to pass in happiness to the Lord.

-- From "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas A Kempis 1418

My First Blog Post

For my first post, I would like to simply share a Scripture that the Lord used to greatly encourage me when I needed it...

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love. He will again have compassion on us;
He will tread our iniquities under foot.
Yes, You will cast all their sins
Into the depths of the sea. You will give truth to Jacob
And unchanging love to Abraham,
Which You swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.

Micah 7:18-20