I started praying about three months ago for specific people and opportunities. Some of the answers to my prayers are still not clear, but others have begun to form. The amazing thing is the timing of...
It is common for us to ask ourselves why we are doing one thing or another, but it can be a confusing matrix of shoulds and shouldn’ts, oughts and ought nots. In Galatians 2:6-10, the Apostle Pa...
I have seasons in my life when I base my faith on sight and ability. I want to know what’s next. I convince myself that if I can conceive it in my mind then I can be secure in what’s to come, if I kno...
Forgiveness is one of the most powerful demonstrations of love. I can remember when I first studied the Bible, came to grips with my own sinful nature, and realized what Jesus endured on the cross for...
March is a month that I had been anticipating with great joy. My lambs were due on March 25. Before that time, however, were other needs to be met. The shearer would come on March 4. I would then be a...
I’ve renamed the dogs. Let me introduce them. Annoyance is on the left. Bedlam is front and center and Chaos is on the right. They had tested me throughout the day yesterday, and it culminated this mo...
One Wednesday evening during a church service we heard a lesson about Treasure in Heaven. The lesson contained several profound truths that could change our perspective on how we live this life and th...
There are times when what I know to be true about God does not resonate in my heart. I know God is good and sovereign but in a given moment I can feel vulnerable or unprotected. Our hearts are full of...
Where will you be in the year 2020? What will you be doing? While we can’t predict the future in order to answer this question, we can be sure we are striving toward our goal as described in Philippia...
One evening in a woman’s Bible study group we talked about the “nothing times.” It started when a young woman said something like this, “I moved here about five years ago. I had a baby who turned out ...