When I was a kid, my parents were certain that I had a hollow leg. I ate everything. And had seconds on most things. I was a human garbage disposal that was glad to eat any and everything. I was a card carrying member of the clean plate club. But, I also helped the rest of my family join the …
“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 It’s the first day of school for the students in my area tomorrow. August 4th seems way too early to be headed back to school. Our family did the meet the teachers last Thursday. Even with the early date and the sorrow over …
Sunday evening I went to plug my phone in because the battery was nearly dead. It wouldn’t charge. Because of the nasty storm we had I thought it might be the outlet. I tried three others. It wasn’t the outlet. So I tried a different charging cable and a different charging block. It didn’t work. I got out my handy …
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news.” Isaiah 52:7 Few days go by without hearing the beautiful words “I love you” from my wife. And not many days go by without her hearing those words from me. It is how we greet each other and how we say goodbye. It is an expression …
“I knew that this was the word of the Lord; so I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels of silver. I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighted out the silver on the scales…” Jeremiah 32:8-10 I bought my diesel truck 1 week before diesel gas prices …
“Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.” Psalm 37:8-9 What do you do when you get frustrated? How do you respond? While driving in Vegas this week I was in the wrong lane. I wanted …
“Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 As you read …
“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” 1st Corinthians 12:27 Have you ever been uncomfortable? How about uncomfortable because of your own decisions? It was a split second, impulsive decision. I made it mostly to get a laugh. And it worked. The best kind of laugh that I always seem to draw out of my sister. Just …
“For whoever would save his life will lose, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?” Matthew 16:25-26 The Life Center was decorated with crimson—a color that sounds like …
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” 1st John 3:1 The gavel pounded and the declaration of the judge was final. Elanna was ours. Our adoption was complete, irrevocable, and permanent. It was a glorious day. The reality was, she was ours from …
