“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. …
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. …
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
— Jesus to Peter
Satan hates God and anyone remotely attached to God, and…
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. …
I slowly walked down the wooden stairs into the basement, but I never made it. I stopped halfway down, sat down on the stairs, and with musket in hand, began to weep.
There isn’t a Thanksgiving that goes by that I don’t think about the most disappointing Thanksgiving ever. It is a pilgrim’s story.
Growing up, I adored my grandparents. I can’t imagine loving two people more. They lived in Denver, Colorado, and we lived in Casper, Wyoming, 280 miles away, in…
Almost two years ago, I came across a quote that immediately resonated deep in my soul and hasn’t left. It compels me to live my life differently.
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
It was Linus van Pelt (I never knew he even had a last name), Lucy’s little brother in Charles Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts, who wrongly yet pointedly said, “I love mankind, it’s people I can’t stand.”
I realize that I don’t care about people enough and that sometimes (maybe more times than I would like to admit), I don’t embrace relationships like I should. I’m always too busy. Really? Too busy to show people how much I care?
I want to care about people more because I realize that there is nothing more important.
Originally published at https://ronjsanchez.com on October 6, 2020.
I find it puzzling how time seems to have stopped when you hang out with your older brother. In those moments, it’s easy to forget that you are married, that you own a house, and have grown children. …
Why would a child have dreams about kissing a monster?
The monster was a cross between a horny toad and the scaly human-like fish in the 1954 motion picture, The Creature from the Black Lagoon. I don’t recall having ever seen the movie. I was only one-year-old when it came…
I walked down the dirt road to a little store in our neighborhood. …
No one ever taught me how to lie, or the benefits of greed. On any occasion, I can’t remember when my parents felt I was being far too truthful and in need of a lesson on deception. Nor can I think of a time when they scolded me for being…
