Crooked Things
Recently, I was reading Ecclesiastes Chapter 7. When I got to verse 13, it stopped me dead in my tracks. “Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has made crooked?” That word “crooked” here does not mean “corrupt” or “evil”. It is to be understood as “inscrutable” or impossible to understand. Yes, God does […]
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 […]
Only But A Season
When lost in sadness or crippled by fear, one could ask “Why am I here?” Losing a loved one in a tragic way, could cause a person to ask, “What’s the purpose of today?” When struggling with pain for days on end, one could wonder, “When will it all end?” Yes, we feel the consequences […]
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 […]
The Teacher We Need but Never Wanted
I recently learned something new about the English language, the existence of “contronyms.” That is a word that has two contradictory or opposite meanings. For example, “bolt” means to secure or to flee; “left” means remained or departed. Now, the point I’m making here is not exactly a contronym, but to many of us it […]