God's will...A term we hear often, something we're advised to seek, something made reference to throughout the Bible...But just what IS God's will, anyway? I don't know about you, but I've always thought of someone's "will" in a somewhat negative light. The "will of...
"For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, 'I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.' Therefore 'come out from their midst, and be separate,' says the Lord, 'and touch no unclean thing, and I...
Continuing our focus on the theme of "Turning of the Tables", we come to two more instances in the Scriptures, where we see distinctly how the good Lord "turned the tables" on seemingly adverse situations. Tongue... The farewell message of Moses: the children of...
I don't like graffiti. It seems that you can't go anywhere anymore without finding the walls of public places covered in this version of modern art. Now I will agree that some of it is quite tastefully done, and some of the artists obviously have quite a bit of...
Things were looking pretty grim for Israel. They were slaves in Egypt with no deliverance in sight. But God had not forgotten, and when the time was right, He acted: "They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and he remembered...
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." (Isaiah 7:14 ESV -- a prophecy given roughly about 750 years before the birth of the Christ-child) In this Series of 2 Parts, I will...
Sometimes God has a message for us in the oddest ways and even in the silliest situations. I pulled away from my computer and turned to hubby. "Listen to this story," I said. A baby camel looked up to his mother, "Mommy, why do we have these long eyelashes, these big...
"The Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good and leads you along the paths you should follow." (Isaiah 48:17) The guide book said it was an easy hike around the lake, where the flat path hugged the...
"What's wrong with me?" I asked myself that question while seated in the window seat of the airplane. I plugged my headset, ready to listen to some music (I had preferred to listen to the Bible on CD, but had packed it away in my suitcase). "Excuse me," I said to the...
Anyone who has either experienced neurological difficulties or works in stroke or brain injury rehabilitation knows exactly what I'm referring to when I say, "visual neglect". This "neglect", also known as hemiagnosia, hemineglect, contralateral neglect, hemispatial...