The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 It’s a strange conflict we humans live out – we all know that everything will die but we live as though we willContinue reading “The Closing Door”
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Inside Jokes
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Proverb 21:9 You might be scratching your head with the verse today. What does a marital fight have to do with praising God? Well, the fight itself doesn’t. But God’s view of it does. The book of Proverbs has some pretty funnyContinue reading “Inside Jokes”
A Cotton Seed World
Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.” Luke 17:20-21 My BSGs are embarking on a newContinue reading “A Cotton Seed World”
God Is Love
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 IContinue reading “God Is Love”
Mr. Fixit
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 Have you ever been in a difficult situation where you don’t want to be the one responsible for making the decision? Somehow throughout myContinue reading “Mr. Fixit”
His Mysterious Ways
“Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”” John 13:7 In about ten weeks I’ll be a first time grandma. And even though I’ve personally experienced the miracle of childbirth twice, I still find the whole thing a mystery. When I look at an obviously pregnant woman it stillContinue reading “His Mysterious Ways”
God’s Guardrails
For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. Deuteronomy 30:16 I grew up not wanting to have children. In my isolated world IContinue reading “God’s Guardrails”
Bucket Of Joy
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. Psalm 4:7 Have you ever ridden on a carousel where the operator, at some point, drops down a metal arm toward the riders and a brass ring drops toward its end? The riders on the outside stretch and strive toContinue reading “Bucket Of Joy”
Egg-ceptional Gifts
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Genesis 1:28 My husband and I have four chickens on our little suburban farm. They are ourContinue reading “Egg-ceptional Gifts”
The Everlasting God
Day and night they never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.” Revelation 4:8 I don’t know about you but as a “baby Christian” I would go entire days if not weeks without thinking about God. Without making any decision based on what God wanted ofContinue reading “The Everlasting God”
