"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (Matt 11:28, 29) I'm not sure what happened to me today, but I am sure that...
Have you ever ridden on a catamaran? I did. Just once. I had never seen one before that day, but as I stretched out on the canvas that separated the double hulls, basking in the sunshine and enjoying the lull of the quiet lake, I knew this was...
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ." (Eph 1:3) NIV Seven empty clothespins. That's what I found when I went to take down yesterday's laundry. No doubt...
"In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom." (Dan 1:20) The land of Judah has been ransacked. The Jewish king, Jehoiakim, has...
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free." (Gal 5:1) Having worked for the past 12 years in a department where there was very poor management and no representation, in a department where the most common answer to our concerns was "sorry, we can't change that",...
"You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine." (Titus 2:1) I have attended Christian churches all of my life, and throughout the 40 years of sermons I have listened to, I have been well "indoctrinated" as to what is "sound doctrine"! These...
“But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.” (Ex 2:3) Imagine for a moment that you are the mother of baby...
"Remember this, fix it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels. Remember the former things, those of long ago. . .” (Isa 46:8) Remember . . . Why would you tell someone to “remember”? Personally, I am the most apt to tell someone to “remember” what they are the...
"And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai . . . These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean." (Ezra 2:61-63) So it was in the days of Ezra. The priests...
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." (Eccl 1:9) A rather discouraging thought, isn't it? In fact, the theme of the entire first chapter of Ecclesiastes is disheartening! But nothing quite as...