Author archives: wpmx

  • 1 Corinthians 7:32-35  32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman... [read more]
  • Proverbs 11:24-26 24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. 25 A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. 26 People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.... [read more]
  • Psalm 8:7-8 7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. Few years ago, a friend invited me to fish, and we caught so much Striped Bass. As of this writing, I haven’t heard of Striped Bass caught where ... [read more]
  • 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 ... [read more]
  • Proverbs 11:22-23  22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath. Once Upon a Time Have you remembered when your parents or teachers told a story and started with, “Once... [read more]
  •  Psalm 8:5-6 5You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.  6You made him  ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet.   Farming was a livelihood of many townsfolk somewhere in the Northern Philippines. Sometime in 1970s, a... [read more]
  • 1 Corinthians 7:25-28  25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. A... [read more]