Sowing Forgiveness After the Hurt!

“Ouch! That hurt me!” said the person who just got their foot stepped on by another person. “It was an accident! I’m sorry!” said the person who caused the pain. Having someone step on your foot accidentally is much different than someone saying hurtful words that injure your confidence, character, and self-esteem. The pain in …

Sow A Good Seed, Everybody!

Growing up, I would spend time thinking about the front license plate of my Grandfather’s Buick. The message was so simple yet held so much meaning. It was something that he spent his life doing. The license plate simply stated, “Sow A Good Seed, Everybody”. When one thinks of sowing seeds, we tend to think …

What are You Planting at Work?

“Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love,and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord,until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.” (Hosea 10:12, NIV) One of my favorite singing groups in the church of my youth, was the Ambassadors for Christ.  I loved this group not simply for their outstanding musical abilities, …

SOW NOW…

Reap Later When we were children, we loved to play with boomerangs.  When you throw a boomerang, it will return to you.  Boomerangs remind me of the principle of sowing and reaping. The Word of God lovingly declares, “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” …

FROM THE EDITOR

SOWING… March 2023 marks the Seventh Anniversary of Teachable Moments Magazine! God planted a seed in my heart to provide a platform for authors to write their stories for an audience that was hungry for new thoughts, ideas, ways of learning and how to cope with life’s teachable moments. In December, God gave me this …