Haters
Do you have someone in your life who gives you a hard time- someone who treats you totally unfairly or maybe even hates you? You’re not alone. There are many folks in the Bible who had haters: Joseph, Noah, Moses, Paul, and definitely Jesus. Here, I want to talk about Hannah. In 1 Samuel 1, […]
He ‘Gets’ Me
On our way to the car after shopping in two department stores, my husband said, “I saw something in the first store you would like. It’s slinky.” I gave him a sidelong glance. Anyone who knows me can testify I don’t go in for “slinky.” Since this is our fiftieth year of marriage, I was […]
Do you remember their names?
There were twelve that were sent to spy out the land. I am fairly certain that that only two names would come to mind, Joshua and Caleb. Twelve spies, one from each tribe, were sent to spy out the promise land, and come back with a report (Numbers 13). All twelve came back with the […]
Seed Time and Harvest
God, the true Master Gardener, eclipses the Farmers’ Almanac with many agricultural references in the Bible. He establishes the seedtime and harvest principal early on. Genesis 8:22 reads: “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest…will never cease.” He discusses seeds in relation to agriculture as well as calling His own the “seed of […]
Metamorphosis
The word metamorphosis means to change a person in nature into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means. That’s what God does for us when we believe on Jesus as Savior and Master. He SUPERNATURALLY changes us. WE WERE: Alienated. “Once you were alienated from God…” Colossians 1:21. We were estranged, separated from […]