Notes On Life

Driving across the USA is always an adventure! I’ve had the pleasure of doing it three times, but one particular moment was an east-west trip when crossing out of Texas into New Mexico. Immediately after crossing the state line was a large billboard recruiting the need for state troopers to patrol stretches of vast highways like the one I was on that seemed to melt into infinity before me. With no cars in sight and NO ONE WAS WATCHING as far as I could see the opportunity to greatly accelerate to over twice the limit was too easy an opportunity to pass up. This raises an interesting question for all of us and that is “How do we 'Behave' when no one is watching?” The answer is that it all depends on whether we BELIEVE someone is WATCHING...and this is exactly what today’s scripture verse is saying. Many people live their lives - either consciously or unconsciously - with the attitude since there is no god what is done in secret is not seen by anyone and therefore there is no con...

 We’ve all seen a police drama where a criminal is brought into an interrogation room with the hope that he’ll admit to the crime he committed. After hours of questioning and presenting evidence of wrongdoing, one of two things would happen. Either he’d adamantly continue to DENY that he was not at fault or finally break down and CONFESS that he was guilty. The word “Confess” has an interesting etymological origin in that it is composed of two words of “con” meaning ‘with’ and “fateri” meaning ‘acknowledge, know, declare or admit the validity of’ something. So when we confess we are saying that what we have done is wrong. As today’s verse tells us, we need to admit — that is CONFESS — before God that we are guilty of our sins, and for certain we ALL are guilty of something! However, unlike those that admit their crimes to the police will certainly go to PRISON, those that confess their crimes before God with a contrite heart go to ETERNAL LIFE because Romans 10:10 promises us...