Thoughts, devotions, and more from Jeffrey K. Ross, author of "Next Step Devotions"
Yesterday was a holiday, but you wouldn't know it by looking at either my wife's or my schedule. She had to work from dawn until mid-afternoon (and throughout the holiday weekend) preparing and serving a meal for about 170 people. I was home all day, but chose to work most of the hours between 10 …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #142: You Are Fortunate If You Enjoy Your Work
In an earlier post, I commented on how we sometimes need to act our way into the right feelings. Today's lesson is similar in that it deals with a back door way of discovering something about ourselves. If given proper warning, most of us would likely answer questions about what we value most with respectable, …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #141: Look Where Your Mind Wanders To Find Your Heart
The following is a reflection that comes strictly from my Christian convictions, so if that isn't your thing, feel free to click somewhere else... We hear a lot about justice these days. Sometimes the context is clearly judicial in the sense of someone seeking or receiving justice for some illegal act. At other times, "justice" …
Continue reading Leap Year Lesson #140: Live the Difference Between Justice, Mercy and Grace
I never served in the military. The U.S. discontinued the draft the year I turned 16 in 1973 and has had an all-volunteer military force since then. I remember my mom crying with joy at the news since she knew that I would at least have the option of whether to serve or not, …
When was the last time you gave up something you really loved - either some material possession or some activity or perhaps even a relationship - in order to benefit others? Do you have to dig very far back in your memory bank to think of something? Without going into details, I'll share with you …
