When David’s attempts to wine and dine Uriah failed, David fell to one of the lowest places in his life. He pulled out his parchment and a reed pen and wrote. Now if it were me, I’d do the same thing. I’d journal my thoughts and pour out my frustration on those pages until my […]
Devotions
Choose life – a different take on familiar words
During Moses’ last speech to the children of Israel, he concluded with these words: “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is […]
Land vomit
I know. The title of this post conjures a rather ugly image, but I think if you study Leviticus 18:21-28, you will understand its meaning. Actually, I’ve read this passage many times over the years, but never quite noticed the wording Moses (quoting the Lord) uses here regarding the land. Though God Himself is the one […]
Why Easter?
For the first time ever, Randy and I attended our church’s Saturday evening Easter celebration, rather than our traditional Sunday morning. We wanted to take my mom, and at 89, she just doesn’t have the energy to get moving early in the morning. Our pastor spoke about one of my mom’s favorite passages in Scripture […]
A Word Rarely Spoken
Jesus and John the Baptist began sermons with this one word. It is six letters long and used 39 times in the New International (1984) Version of Scripture. (12 times in the Old Testament and 27 times in the New.) The word was used in warning, as an admonition to action, not just to grab […]