"Put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?" (Psalm 56:8 KJV) "Do you see this woman? I came into your house, you did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair." (Luke 7:44 NIV) Can you imagine...
"LORD, WHO shall dwell [temporarily] in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell [permanently] on Your holy hill? He who walks and lives uprightly and blamelessly, who works rightness and justice and speaks and thinks the truth in his heart, He who does not slander with his...
Once I heard a woman say she had gone to China on vacation. After returning home she was asked to give a presentation to a club about her experiences there. The meeting was held in an outside pavilion at a ranch. The woman had bought some red silk in China and made a...
Evening found me rummaging through the swim bags. Shampoo. Check. Conditioner. Check. Lotion. Check … My boys and I had decided to participate in the earliest lane swim at the local YMCA the following morning, and I knew that if I waited until morning to get the swim...
Queen Vashti is the woman of today, the woman we all admire, the woman we want to be. She had it all, success, status, admiration and beauty. She also knew the social norms of her time and she kept to them with the greatest integrity. It is said that she had her own...
If you read her story, Esther is presented as hesitant, as hiding her faith and her cultural identity for fear of personal backlash, and then as a self-centred coward.She pretended not to have a Jewish faith-culture because she would be disadvantaged in Babylon and...
It is a serious thing to approach the Lord for favors. We should remember that we are seeking an audience with the King of Kings; his majesty is awesome; he can kill with a glance and resurrect with a smile. He has all the power there is to have and his decision is...
I could never understand why Esther was held up as a paragon of virtue. If you read her story, Esther unfolds as hesitant, as hiding her faith and her cultural identity for fear of personal backlash, and then as a self-centred coward. Esther pretended not to have a...
Part 2: CLOTHING YOU CANNOT BUY I have a snapshot of a figurine on a rock in the garden with the sun rising behind it. The figurine is almost obliterated, it is clothed with light when the sun rises behind it. It reminds me of why clothing was important when God set...