Last week, in Lessons from Ezekiel's Temple, Part 6, we discovered that the alcoves or porches in Ezekiel's temple are there to remind us that we do not need to be afraid of anything, because God is our refuge, our shelter from any type of storm that is thrown our...
"Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land." (Job 1:10 NKJV) We always enjoy our vacations on Skidaway Island in...
"I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." (Psalm 4:8) A large, lone pelican was perched on his post, seeming to appropriate the sentinel role overseeing and guarding his territory. Earlier that week two persons I know...
If I am out for my run at a particular time each morning, and if I take the same route and pass the same house at about the same time, I always run into the same problem. This house has a black lab puppy. Beautiful dog. Now the dog itself isn't the problem. She's...
"If you make the Most High your dwelling — even the Lord, who is my refuge — then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so...
"The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand Psalm 121:5 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings." (Psalm 36:7) Sometimes our summers (and falls!) Are cookers. I have...
"I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." (Ps. 91:2 NIV) I remember when I first graduated college. I was already married with a baby son. I had an education degree but full time teaching jobs where I lived were scarce. For a...
An analemma is the result of a year-long series of photographs of the sun, taken one week apart at exactly the same minute every week. A certain day and a specific time must be set aside each week for one whole year to take each shot and the process cannot be hurried...
For most of my youngest daughter's life, the devil tormented me with fear that he would take her. It didn't help that she would disappear, in a matter of seconds; many times, throughout the years. I couldn't take her shopping and let go of her hand (long enough to...
"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God". (Romans 3:23) My computer and I have a 'love/hate' relationship. I love it when the computer works and hate it when it doesn't. Recently Prof. Computer gave up the ghost completely making it necessary for me to...