Birthdays
The first week of July is birthday week at our house. It’s our nation’s birthday, as well as our grandson’s, mine, and my son-in-law’s. So there’s plenty of celebration to be had. And lots of red, white, and blue decorations.…
Request Denied
Have you ever had a request denied? Maybe for a passport or a visa. Maybe for a loan or a book publication. Our most recent denial was when the health insurance company turned down a request for funds to pay…
God’s Light
In the first nine verses of John chapter 1 you will find the word Light mentioned seven times. John is referring to Christ as the Light. And in John 8:12, Jesus said clearly, “I am the light of the world.…
Poems
Some people say that they don’t like poetry. I wonder what kind of poems they have read. All poems are not equal, you know. I happen to like all kinds. Rhyming ones. Free verse. Short. Long. Laments. Some are a…
Thinking
Sometimes we wonder what people are thinking, so we say, “A penny for your thoughts.” Hopefully, our thoughts are worth more than that. But that’s beside the point. I do a lot of thinking. Deep thinking. What about you? Strangely…
Momentary Grace
God gives us grace for what we need at the time we need it. There are things I cannot do apart from the grace He supplies. When the apostle Paul begged God three times to remove a “thorn in his…
Heart Failure
The human heart is a phenomenal mechanism! We are shocked when someone young and athletic has heart failure. But I am amazed that it doesn’t happen more often to more people. How does this little organ keep going when so…
All Questions Are Good
You are probably familiar with the saying, “There are no dumb questions.” I’d go a step further and say that all questions are good. It’s wise to ask questions. It proves you are thinking. I ask questions to make people…
Easter Miracles
It’s Easter time again. Time to meditate on all of the wondrous things that happened during “Holy Week.” There wasn’t just one miracle, but many events that can only be defined as miraculous. No human power - only God’s power…
But God (8)
Epistles are letters, and the apostle Paul wrote a lot of them. Some of his harshest criticisms and most beautiful words are in his first epistle to the Corinthian believers. They were having trouble with envy, strife, and divisions. Does…