I had something happen to me last Fall which was both nerve racking and wonderful at the same time. It’s strange to say so, but it left me feeling like I wanted to experience it again and avoid it at all costs. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I had decided to take some Master level …
I've always been a romantic. One of my earliest memories is of sitting atop a small hill in our backyard on my mighty three-wheeled steed (my tricycle) and feeling the wind in my face. At my core, I wanted to be a knight in shining armor. A bold, daring adventurer who stood for what was …
Genesis 41:1 "...at the end of two full years..." Joseph has had to languish in the prison for two years. Would be easy to say that things weren't ready for him until then. But that seems to give more power to chance and circumstance than to God who could do anything, anytime. However, the one …
Judges 7:19-20 "So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, …
I turned fifty today. I am not where I planned to be, nor anywhere close to where I imagined I'd be. I had hoped to be married with a family of my own, doing something productive that I enjoyed, and looking forward to retirement in fifteen to twenty years. But life didn't turn out that …
Hebrews 11:8-13 "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the …
Election was yesterday. Barack Obama was re-elected. God have mercy on us. Perhaps that is the point; we've put our faith in man and not in Him. We may indeed have passed beyond the point of avoiding judgement. As a nation, we've thumbed our noses at God and refused to repent. As His people, we've …
