Follow My light and I'll lead you out, over the mountains to the sea. Lost child of mine, I never left you........ you gave up on Me. For when you were down to nothing, I was always there; When darkness was all around you, I heard you call out in despair. You...
Last week, in Lessons from Ezekiel's Temple, Part 5b, we discovered that the gates described in Ezekiel's temple, in their exactness and their order, help us to remember two vital truths: God's ways are totally opposite from the ways of the world, and when we go...
We built a pathway but just off to one side was the tip of a rock deep in the ground. We could not shift it. It looked as though we could not cover it with dirt to level out the ground without making it higher than the pathway. It seemed doomed to remain an obstacle...
She was a compulsive gardener. She grew impossible things from seeds and from cuttings. Every space in her yard was crowded. “I need more space!” she cried, phoning her friend, Grace. Grace owned a spare block of ground alongside. She had the block cleaned and set out...
For many years I knew not God. I was fearful of Him and worried about what punishment He would administer if I did something wrong, or if I sinned or made Him angry. I was not at all sure there was a God. But if there were, I certainly did not want to irritate Him and...
Let me paint a picture of an all-too-common cycle in my life: I stop working out as much as I think I should, then I start letting the healthy eating habits slide too. Now before you get the idea that I am a fitness machine, allow me to clarify. I like to work out...
"Then the king said to Amasa, 'Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.' But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him. David said to Abishai, 'Now Sheba son of Bicri will do us more...