Last month, I overcame my reluctance to get involved in a monthly commitment and attended my first meeting of this group. I am glad I did, as I enjoyed both the conversation at the meeting and on the ride here from Stirling with Lester. I was glad that I wasn’t expected to prepare an essay, as a latecomer to the group, but there was no … Continue reading Overcome(s)

There is hardly a more positive word in the English language than “overcomes.”  When I read or hear it,  I sense victory, persistence, and durability. Life itself, with whatever challenges it presents,  is in desperate need of overcoming—and overcomers.  You really can’t have the experience of overcoming without the agent of the same.  We as frail human beings need to overcome a whole raft of … Continue reading Overcomes

Overcome—what a powerful yet curious word! Dictionary definitions primarily convey the word overcome as a verb meaning, “to struggle successfully against a difficulty or disadvantage.” I like verbs, a lot! Struggle hardly needs any adverbs, but the defining word “successfully” leaves very little room to suggest anything less than complete victory. This successful struggle is against a difficulty or disadvantage. Victory is not an inevitable … Continue reading Overcome

I led a study on Revelation in our Sunday school for the last quarter. The concept of overcoming stood out to me again during this study, probably because over the years I have struggled a lot with it. Think back to the Old Testament for a little. Peter told the crowds in Acts 15 that the church should not put a yoke on the neck … Continue reading Overcoming…