I was musing over how God provided manna from heaven to the Israelites and the thought struck me that it came from above. Not only did God provide food for the physical body to survive the wanderings in the desert, but the important and vital lesson is that every good...
How many times do you hear the phrase ‘where do I start?’. The answer is usually the beginning. When you buy a new book, opening that first page with all the newness of the pages, or if it is from the library the wondering how the opening few sentences will grab you....
When you open a book, you read it looking forward. The first pages reveal what is to come and the Bible is like that, too. I read it looking forward. I imagine the lovely garden with platypi and fishes watching from the edges of the water and birds hovering in wattle...
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness," (2 Timothy 3:16, ISV) [1] "And let us continue to consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together,...
The man with the new camera learned where the switches were that turned it on or off; he learned how to focus the subject inside instead of outside the frame; he learned how to load and unload the images card that held all the photos. It all took time and...
I remember well my childhood when money was hard to come by. Bread bought in a store was a luxury; cookies from the store were a treat; an ice cream cone was almost unheard of; a Dixie cup eaten with a little wooden spoon – well, I thought I was in heaven. One summer...
"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the tfountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns-broken cisterns that can hold no water." (Jeremiah 2:13 NKJV)[1] God is the fountain or spring of living water. Here in the mountains of...
The Train Driver told me, "All heads were turned facing down the railway track as a large freight train loaded with wheat slowly came to a stop in the railway yard for a driver change." With a fresh crew aboard, the incoming crew stood and watched the trucks slowly...
Any good book sets the scene so imagine picking up a book and reading this: late at night the phone rings. I have waited up for this call and answer quickly. ‘We’re home, Mother,’ says the voice on the other end. My whole body sighs with relief and I exclaim, ‘Oh,...
"My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart." (Proverbs 7:1-3, ESV)[1] [1] I have heard of boys who wanted...