“Jesus said . . . ‘but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life’” (Jn.4:13-14). Has your motivation to trade dried up? Have new trading ideas evaporated? Perhaps your soul […]
Archives for February 2012
The Christian Trader: Enduring the Eye of God
“Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness. Therefore, be careful lest the light in you be darkness” (Lk.11:34-35, RSV). Eyes and seeing can be symbolic of gaining consciousness. In particular, […]
The Christian Trader: The Condemned Trader
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can […]
The Christian Trader: A Lily in the Market
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not […]
The Christian Trader: God’s Grace is Sufficient
“. . . but he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness’” (2 Cor. 12:9, RSV). Earlier in 2 Corinthians St. Paul talks about “. . . a thorn was given me in the flesh, . . . to keep me from being too elated.” […]