“In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.” (Heb 1:1-2 NIV) The six...
"Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." (1 John 4:8 NIV) I just couldn’t find it. I looked everywhere. I read through my Bible again and again. I looked in all the inspirational books I own. I checked out the other sacred texts as well. I...
"Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.". (2 Corinthians 12:8, 9a) Sometimes God says “No.” Over the years, I have pleaded to God for the healing of...
"And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all...
If you make an agreement with somebody about something that is to be done, you want it to stick. You don’t want it to come undone half way through so you choose carefully with whom you make an agreement. The strength of the agreement is not in the agreement, it is in...
"Be still and know that I am God . . ." (Ps. 46:10a) Recently I was blessed with the privilege of caring for my family's 13 birds. Since this was my first experience with such a lot of them, and since one of their birds had died the previous year under the care...
Last week, I bemoaned the fact that I am too "ancient" to understand the "talk" of the modern younger generation. But I can get even. I, too, speak a language that is "foreign" to them! Take for example, this conversation I had with my son yesterday after learning...
I once had a black and white picture of some rocks covered in patches of snow with a caption challenging the viewer to look beyond the obvious to see what the hidden picture. If you look long enough, with the objective to see the mystery revealed, something amazing...
"There is a time for everything. He has made everything beautiful in its time. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it." (Ecclesiasted 3:1,11,14) We strolled casually along, crunching dry leaves...
With so much happening in the world of late, with tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, flooding, and hurricanes, to say nothing of the poor economy and high unemployment rates, it is, indeed, a dark time in many of our lives. But maybe our own challenges...