Is business moral?

We see that business is not heartless, but rather the ribcage which holds the heart

I read this interesting, and thought-provoking post on American Thinker. I am inclined to agree. What do you think?

 

Isolation and Friends

Proverbs chapter 18 starts with this:

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. (Proverbs 18:1 ESV)

And ends with this:

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24 ESV)

I don’t have much to say about it, this morning. Just thought it was an interesting observation.

 

Unintentional Bible Humor

Look at the section heading and keep in mind, what is impossible with men is possible with God.

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RAPTURE WATCH | Daily Telegraph Tim Blair Blog

For a list of environmental rapture predictions…

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/rapture_watch/

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American Thinker: Married Women – Better Sex, More Money

Put in plain, simple terms: married women are happier and better off financially.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/05/married_women_better_sex_more.html

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Sol-Mi-Do Bird

While I was reading the Bible this morning I was distracted by a morning bird’s call.

It sung: Sol Mi Do.

Not an amazing discovery, really, but it caught my attention this morning for some reason.

So I continue my reading and when the bird sings my ear, of course, drags my mind with it to the sound of the bird. This time it sings its pleasant descending arpeggio but it doesn’t stop there. It adds a a tone a half step up from Do (I’m not a Kodaly person, so I don’t know the solfege name of that note).

Now I’m curious. Will that bird sing next in a new key or repeat the tonal pattern as before?

I confess to being a little disappointed that the bird did not sing in a new key, but sang the original tonal pattern. However, because I listened a little more closely I noticed that Mi was not really in tune. It sounded a little sharp. I listened again and I confirmed that Mi was a bit sharp, but that it vacillated between in tune and sharp. And the bird did not always add the additional tone at the end that seemed to be asking the question: am I in the right key, this morning?

Needless to say, I had to ask God to forgive me for being so distracted during my Bible reading this morning. Here are a couple of quotes from the passages I read:

Isaiah 35:4 ESV

Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”

1 Peter 1:3-5 ESV

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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Who’s in Hell? Michigan Pastor’s Book Sparks Debate About Eternal Torment

“We do these somersaults to justify the monster god we believe in,” he said. “But confronting my own sinfulness, that’s when things started to topple for me. Am I really going to be saved just because I believe something, when all these good people in the world aren’t?”

via Who’s in Hell? Michigan Pastor’s Book Sparks Debate About Eternal Torment – FoxNews.com.

Okay my Christian friends…discuss…

 

How green will your Lenten experience be?

Looking to give up something for Lent? Try a Carbon Fast – Brattleboro Reformer
http://www.reformer.com/ci_17570277?source=email

Oh. My.

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Are We There Yet? | Our Daily Bread

http://odb.org/2011/03/09/are-we-there-yet/

Hardly a day goes by when I don’t ask this question.

I recently reread Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Dueteronomy and I was struck again by how much the Israelites complained and how much they ‘missed’ out on what God had in store for them. I kept wanting to yell at them and say, “just be quiet and wait! It will be good!” Then I thought, oh wait…they are me. I’ve done a lot of complaining in the last 3 years. I’ve asked countless times, “Are we there yet?” Oh boy…

I know that there is none righteous and that even Moses disobeyed God, but I do know that I will some day see the promised land because of Jesus Christ. As for the journey, I need practice eliminating the whine from my diet.

(On a related score, listening to my own children whine and correcting their behavior has done a lot to highlight my own, adult version of the whining voice.)

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C. S. Lewis quote

Surely, that each of the redeemed shall forever know and praise some aspect of the divine beauty better than any other creature can. Why else were individuals created, but that God, loving all infinitely, should love each differently?

From The Problem of Pain

This affirms that I am loved. I hope it does for you, too.

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