Hike a mountain trail. Rocky road ice cream will develop a new meaning for you. A stone beneath every step. More obstructions than you can shake a stick at.
You will stumble, and there’s a good ...
Celebrating Independence with God’s Perspective
Fireworks. Cookouts. Flags waving in the summer breeze. The 4th of July is a time we celebrate the freedom we have as a nation. It’s a day to be ...
What do you picture when I say outlaw?
Maybe it’s an Old West character, someone Sherrif Matt Dillon would pursue.
Or you see Jesse James, gun in hand, taking from anyone with money to their ...
Impressions count, especially first impressions.
Meeting someone new? Clean clothes and freshly combed hair go a long way.
Strangers form an opinion of us with a glance, and while most of those ...
The Oldsters of us grew up learning from chalkboards. Write on them and wipe the words away … and scatter the remains of our thoughts on our hands and clothes.
Just erasing the board didn’t ...
Some days we just need to feel loved.
Let’s leap fully in with Psalm 1:1-3 in the ESV:
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor ...
Cornucopia. What is it?
We might know it as the horn of plenty. From its center flows a multitude of good things which never come to an end.
So, that begs the question … what does this have to do ...
How low has life taken you?
It’s like, dig a ditch, throw me in, and cover me up.
The house is in foreclosure, creditors are on the loose, and it’s Christmas. How will we ever afford gifts this ...
Do it all NOW!
That’s what we sometimes feel. Get the education, marriage, house and children NOW.
We can’t afford to wait. We must start our retirement account at 21, be grandparents by 38, ...
Safety.
Hunkering down. Finding a bolt hole. Retreating. Boarding up the windows. Withdrawing into our redoubt.
Protecting what we have from what might be. Adding a fence to keep out the bogie man ...
Harvest.
Farmers can identify with this term, although the rest of us understand what it means.
To get what you’ve worked to earn. What you deserve. What’s available if you simply go out and ...
Let’s jump right into our scripture passage in Psalm 34:6-8:
“This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who ...
Lightning can strike hotter than the surface of the sun.
A tornado can peel the tarmac from a highway.
When a hurricane finally dissipates, entire towns are erased as if they never ...
