We are redeemed and secured in Christ Jesus. We are so secure in Christ that we can live, and love, and engage society without thought about our foundational acceptance, love, confidence, and security.

Merry Christmas is yours. Christ is come. God is incarnate. You cannot be forsaken by Him. Or, you can watch for your $600 of governmental relief in the mailbox and pledge to treasure it when it arrives.

After my soul has been yanked and yawed for 17 or 18 hours between my noble spirit and my snake-bit body, I sit down on the patio to think a thousand thoughts, while my emotions carrom against my soul’s bumpers, and my self-determination attempts to make a decision regarding life’s demands.

Be shrewd like a serpent: prudent, wise, measured, careful… and if you must, be treacherous.