http://www.lifeturns.com Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:28:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ‘Twas the day after Christmas, and all thru the place Everyone began going back to their old, normal pace. The tree and the decorations were all neatly put away, With holiday wishes tucked in the closet they’d stay. The children were playing with new toys and things, Me with my electronics and mom with her ... http://www.lifeturns.com/dayafter/      “Lying lips are abomination to the LORD:  but they that deal truly are his delight.” - Proverbs 12:22        She spoke with authority, which was appropriate since she was the absolute authority at the Sectionals tennis tournament my team was participating in.  The head referee was explaining the rules of ... http://www.lifeturns.com/percentage-points/ "Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;" - 1 Timothy 6:17       On most mornings I spend about thirty minutes prayer walking a trail that winds through the ... http://www.lifeturns.com/we-get-to-do-all-kinds-of-stuff/ "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump."   -Galatians 5:9     One morning during a recent trip I got up to work out in the fitness center of the hotel we were staying in.  As I got on the treadmill, I noticed something interesting.     The treadmill had increments of incline from 0% ... http://www.lifeturns.com/do-sweat-the-small-stuff/  "For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirits, which are God's." - 1 Corinthians 6:20        As I peeled the price tag from the cover of a new book I had purchased, I placed it on the shirt my seven year old ... http://www.lifeturns.com/price-tags/     “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have:  for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor for sake thee.” – Hebrews 13:5       Have you ever noticed that just when you think something is there for you...it isn’t? That morning, we ... http://www.lifeturns.com/the-empty-things-of-this-world/ "Search me, O God, and know my heart:  try me, and know my thoughts:  And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." - Psalm 139: 23, 24        When I was growing up, I couldn't wait until the day I made it ... http://www.lifeturns.com/roll-the-tape/ “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.” - Romans 13:14       Last summer a friend of mine was staying with us for a week in order to get some work done and one of the things we did ... http://www.lifeturns.com/the-final-out/ “Let all the earth fear the Lord:  let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.”  - Psalm 33:8       Last fall, we drove to Niagara Falls during our vacation.  I had always heard that it was a beautiful sight, but in the back of my mind I ... http://www.lifeturns.com/still-inspires-awe/ "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:  and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." - Acts 1:8       It's easy to cheer when you're in the ... http://www.lifeturns.com/stand-up-and-cheer/