“And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.” Isaiah 30:21 My oldest, Ethan, graduated from High School this past weekend. What a wonderful celebration filled with pomp and circumstance, family and friends, stories, pictures, and a few tears. High …
“My groans are many and my heart is faint.” Leviticus 1:22 With instruments, it’s the dark hollow part that makes the sound. The string vibrates, but it is the chamber of the guitar that amplifies the sound. The bow across the string of the violin vibrates. But it is bouncing back and forth of those vibrations in the dark hollow …
“Though the mountains be shaken, and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken.” Isaiah 54:10 Have you heard that announcement before? Generally speaking, I’m a pretty comfortable with flying. This announcement gave me pause though—you know it is serious when the flight attendants are told to buckle up for a portion of the …
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:17 There is a story of a man who came up to Martin Luther asking how he could serve the Lord. Luther asked the man, “What is your work now?” The man replied, …
God’s Timing ≠ My Timing Waiting is hard. In the waiting time, it is easy to question God’s faithfulness. One thing that has been made abundantly clear over the last year of my life is that my timing does not equal God’s timing. Of course, I’ve always had an awareness of this fact. But, painfully, this maxim has incarnated itself …
