Author Archives: Don Schmidt

Romans 12:14  Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. What does it mean to be persecuted?  Can we think of a time or times where we believe we’ve been persecuted?  Do those experiences, if we had them, … Continue reading →

Proverbs 16:22a  Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have it, Mistakes – Errors – Goof-ups – Bad judgments – Blunders.  They sure are all part of life.  In sports they would be called fumbles, strikeouts, errors, interceptions, … Continue reading →

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; Years ago my mother had a powerful experience with the Lord.  It involved the death of a good friend.  He was a younger … Continue reading →

Matthew 13:16 But blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear. Years ago a friend of ours named Paul bought a home that had been through a fire.  He was good at construction and was … Continue reading →

2 Timothy 3:12 Anyone who wants to live all out for Christ is in for a lot of trouble; there’s no getting around it.  The Message Today’s verse is of the prosperity likely to come to those who want to … Continue reading →

Galatians 5:22-24 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions … Continue reading →

Proverbs 17:3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart. Where are we?  Where are we going?  And, how do we get there?  Isn’t God good to use testing to show us!  Has … Continue reading →

What is this blog really about? Suppose we had eyes to see that some important things in our lives weren’t what they seemed to be.  Things that we thought were fine and good turn out to be not so good … Continue reading →

Scripture at the end. Our son Andrew is a wonderful actor.  He’s also a very busy businessman.  Some years ago he played the role of Satan in The Thorn, a marvelous Easter production in Colorado similar to the Passion of … Continue reading →

Ephesians 3:17-18  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high … Continue reading →