January 16, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, January 16.
As the story goes, the writer Ernest Hemingway was having dinner with some friends, when he offered a challenge. Who could write the best story - using only six words?
Everyone put in $10 and the winner would get the pot. Hemingway won his own contest when he wrote... For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
You could think about that story for a long time.
When I began writing these daily devotions, almost four years ago, I decided to never write more words than you could read in two minutes. I would rather leave out some good parts and keep you as a reader, than write to my heart's content and scare you away.
William Shakespeare, in his famous play Hamlet, wrote "brevity is the soul of wit". And then there's the old show business motto, "always leave them wanting more". So, in that spirit, here are some scripture thoughts - in 6 words or less.
Philippians 2:14 - Do everything without grumbling or arguing.
John 10:30 - I and my Father are one.
I Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray without ceasing.
John 11:35 - Jesus wept.
I Thessalonians 5:16 - Rejoice always!
And, finally, there's this three-word story that Jesus told on a Friday afternoon 2000 years ago... It is finished!
You could think about that story for a long time.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
PS - Get out your stopwatch and see if I came in under two minutes today!
