Grasshoppers or Conquerors?
Most of us are familiar with the passage in Numbers 13. This is the story of the twelve men that were sent to spy out the land that the Israelites were about to enter. Keep in mind the words “about to.” They all came back agreeing that the land was indeed flowing with milk and […]
Filter Your Heart
Recently, I ended up stooped over my dryer, head in my hands, sobbing. My 10-year old son walked in the laundry room, “Are you okay?” I replied, “It’s just been one of those days that nothing went right. I need help.” He smiled, “Sure.” I was hunched over the dryer because it was the last […]
Lord of the Fire
Most everyone has heard the story of the three Hebrew children who were thrown into the fire. They were seen walking in the furnace with another one who looked like “the son of the gods.” I read this passage recently and saw something I had always missed. The king was so furious at their refusal […]
It’s About Time
Have you ever wondered why The Eternal (timeless) God decided to put us – temporarily – in a world full of time constraints? Ecclesiastes reinforces the fact that our lives are a series of changes and seasons when it says, “there is a time for every purpose under heaven.” We are sometimes caught in the […]
Mirror Mirror
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Cor 5:17.) Not sure about you, but I really struggle with applying this to myself. I know not to judge others after the flesh, but when I look in my mirror that […]