Emphasis Preaching Journal

Napoleon said, "If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots." Little things, minor aggravations, minute annoyances tend to accumulate. On the international scale, consequences can potentially be disastrous. And what is true between nations is obviously true in personal life. What keeps us awake at night? The slight offense, an oversight or omission, worry, anxiety, or concern about something over which we have no control anyway? "Pin-pricks." They add up.