by Macy Johnson
“The plans of the diligent lead to
profit
as surely as haste leads to poverty.”
(Proverbs 21:5 NIV)
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Solomon, the author of Proverbs, knew something about waiting. Although he had
a slew of wives and beautiful palaces, I believe he humbly trusted his Lord to
provide success. God blessed him with amazing wisdom to wait on Him.
by Macy Johnson
“The man said, ‘The woman you put here
with me –
she gave me some fruit from the tree,
and I ate it.’”
(Genesis 3:12 NIV)
It was the
summer of 1970. My brother took a long surfing trip with friends and left his
1969 Ford Mustang for me to drive. It wasn’t long before an Escambia County
deputy pulled me over. “Your inspection sticker has expired,” he told me. I
tried to wiggle out of the citation by explaining that it wasn’t my car. I was
sentenced to four weeks of driver’s education classes in the basement of the
Baptist Hospital.
by Macy Johnson
“Then Nathan said to David, ‘You are
the man!”
(2 Samuel 12:7 NIV)
I was in
an accident a short while after receiving my driver’s license. As I calmly drove
down Government Street near Seville Square in Pensacola, Florida, suddenly an
old, ratty, dilapidated car pulled out from a side street and hit my mother’s
car on the front right fender. We both got out of our vehicles and the elderly
driver from the offending car ambled over to me and asked, “Who hit your car?”
“You did!” I exclaimed.
by Macy Johnson
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping
it holy.”
(Exodus 20:8 NIV)
Sunday morning is my
favorite time of the week. I wake early to read the Bible and talk with God
before getting ready to attend worship.
