Love. That word carries so many meanings. We might say we love pizza or coffee or chocolate and in the same breath say we love our mate or son or daughter. Of course, we don’t mean we love them in the same way. The love John is speaking of in these verses is the kind […]
Devotions
Coming with the Clouds
My mom loved to look at the clouds. I thought it was simply because she liked to imagine pictures in the shapes they created. It wasn’t until her funeral that I discovered that she loved clouds because as she put it, “Jesus can’t come back unless there are clouds.” I imagine she might have had […]
Free
Freedom. We value that word, don’t we? Everyone who has it wants to keep it, and those who don’t, long for it. But did you know that you can live in a free country and be free to do whatever you please and still be enslaved? The Bible tells us that “people are slaves to […]
May 2023 Be Our Seeking Year
At this start of a new year, wouldn’t we love to see all things made new? We don’t want to repeat the sorrows of last year. We want a fresh start. We want hope. And Jesus knows that. He said in this same passage, “‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be […]
My Redeemer Lives
If you know anything about the life of Job, you know his circumstances went from fabulous to devastating in a single day. He literally lost everything except his wife and his health. And the next day he lost his health. I’m not sure I could have endured such a trial. IF I survived it, I […]