Most of us are tempted to be judgmental and critical—to examine other people’s sins more than our own. It starts out as a bit of an indulgence—just yielding to a little innocent temptation to drop a word of criticism and cynical barb—a little witty jab into the conversation. It feels good and it draws a laugh from shallow people.
Before long it becomes a way of life, we are characterized by it. By the time a few decades have passed that critical spirit has lined our face and darkened our eyes and people are eager to avoid us.
Do not yield to this sin—yield to the impulse to love and kindness and mercy and when you are old there will be joy in your eyes and people will gather around you for a life-giving word.
I’d love to share my Mother’s Day message with you. It’s not even 30 minutes long, but it has the power to inspire you for years. The story that is the text of this message puzzled me for years, since I first read it as a boy… In the story Jesus seems to repeatedly insult a desperate woman… why? Watch and see.
I once was asked to speak at a conference to tell stories and give testimony of God’s provision in our lives. I spoke for an hour telling of God’s great faithfulness. 
a warm spring morning on Bittersweet Farm. We put a couple bird feeders on the side porch to see if the birds would be willing to visit us there. They did. I have counted almost a dozen different kinds of birds in just the last few days. They will visit the feeder while you are sitting on the porch. I have longed all winter for days like this. 
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