Mordecai came with history. He was a Jew, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, so you couldn’t mistake who he was. He adopted the daughter of his uncle Abihail, a little Jewish orphan girl called Hadassah, or Esther as she was...
There are so many things we just don't understand. There are so many times we cry out to the Lord, “why?” Too often life seems dark and dismal, like there is no hope of things getting bright again. We get on our knees and pray...pray for the Lord to...
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father . . . So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." (Matthew 10: 29,31 NIV) Several years ago, when my family's bird population...
During my elementary school days I went on several field trips to what you might call a theme park called Frontierland which was in western North Carolina. It was a big fort that you could go inside to see how the pioneers and Indians lived. The pioneers made forts to...
Last week, in Wilderness Instructions, Part 10, we learned that the veil in the wilderness is there to remind us of the atrocity of sin and the holiness of God. It helps us understand how incapable we are of working our way into God’s grace, and it helps us remember...
"For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6) During a trip to visit relatives we drove to a house on the edge...
I was both excited and a little scared my first day of Kindergarten. The large classroom was full of books and toys, two things that I loved. But it was also full of kids all larger than me. Because my birthday was in late September I was allowed in at only 4 years...
Is God trying to get my attention or what? I am a confident driver, especially in the winter time. I respect the ice and snow, but I am not afraid of it. Where others avoid certain roads, I look forward to the challenge that the slippery white stuff that hasn't yet...
In the concluding part of the series on "Miracles' within miracles" today, we come into yet another amazing "silent" miracle occurring alongside a "thunderous" one… Precision Bombing! Joshua Chapter 10 records one of the most amazing Divine interventions ever in human...
It was an otherwise normal day and things were going along fine until the phone rang, and I heard fear and panic in the voice on the other end. When she said, “The woods are on fire!“, I knew there was cause for alarm. Now that might not have been quite as frightening...