Do You Know Paul?
Examine the life of Paul, one willing to endure suffering for the sake of his faith. He fulfilled the mission given to him by God, an honorable example of righteousness and service. Chosen. Instrument. Suffering. Crown. Righteousness. Prize. How will you live?
Be Still
There is a place of bliss and peace I remember going to when I was busy nurturing a fussy baby. When your infant is crying frantically and you pick them up onto your shoulder and you both snuggle in to soothe, it gets amazingly peaceful – you feel you could stay there forever. An oasis […]
Suffering
Suffering: the state of being in great trouble, misery, or agony. We can point to suffering and blame it on this broken world. We can equally point to suffering and insist it’s a consequence due to sin or poor choices. This leads to the question, is the Lord using circumstances to teach us a lesson or to accomplish […]
Courageous
God rescued Israel out of Egypt, through Moses. Following Moses’s death, God chose Joshua to lead Israel into the promised land. The Lord said in Joshua 1:5-6, “No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave […]
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 […]