Sony’s Thoughts: Happy New Year!

The year 2009 has officially ended, and 2010 has begun. I don’t know about you but I always look forward to seeing what each new year brings. No matter what the previous year held, a new year seems to symbolize a new beginning. It brings to memory the fact that “His mercies are new every...

Sony’s Thoughts: Reflecting on 2009

In looking back over 2009, this has been a year of ups and downs, good times and bad but, overall, it has been a year of trial and testing. Not the kind of year I ever long for and yet I have learned so much. It is easy to tell people to hang in there, that our joy is not affected by our trials, that...

Sony’s Thoughts: How Are We Impacting Those Around Us?

In the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey gets the unique opportunity to see what the world would look like if he’d never been born. Here, he had been giving in to self-pity and despair, thinking the world would be better off without him when, in reality, the world and those around him...

Sony’s Thoughts: Just Stand

In his book Facing Reality, Oswald Chambers said, “It is a great deal easier to fight than to stand.” I have found myself commenting lately on how life feels like a continual battle but I have been pondering Oswald’s statement. I get tired of fighting; yet I know that I have to fight the...

Sony’s Thoughts: Post-Thanksgiving Admonition

Across the country, most of the Thanksgiving parties are over and life begins to get back to normal. Families return to their homes, people return to work, children resume their studies and, for housewives, they continue their menial tasks in the quietness of their home. For some, there is often a letdown...

Sony’s Thoughts: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.” (Psalm 100:4-5) If you are like me, it can take you days to list everything you are...

Sony’s Thoughts: While They Were Yet Speaking…

Have you ever gone through those times of “While they were yet speaking …”? You know, the times like Job had when you have just received some bad news or have gone through a difficult time, you’re just beginning to adjust and decide you can handle this when the next crisis arrives?...

Sony’s Thoughts: God’s Requirements

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Micah 6:8) I was thinking today about what the world would be like if everyone would follow God’s requirements. If everyone’s life...

Sony’s Thoughts: Praise in the Midst of the Valley

This past week, I was reminded of the power of praise in the midst of valleys. It seems like when we’re feeling low, the last thing we want to do is praise God. Yet Scripture is full of commands to do just that. “Rejoice evermore. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ...

Sony’s Thoughts: Thinking about Heaven

“Lately I’ve been longing for Home and my heart is already there.” I can so relate to this lately. I don’t have a death wish but I find that, the older I get, the more I desire to really see Jesus. I don’t doubt that He’s here now – I can feel His presence –...