Feb
3
And every work which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered. 2 Chronicles 31:21
King Hezekiah of Judah is one of my favorite kings in the Old Testament. He walked closely with his God, and God walked closely with him.
Feb
1
He’ll take it from here
By Gwenn McKone | 1 Comment
I have a client whom I write for, and who just happens to be one of the best clients I’ve ever had. I’ve been working with him for about four months. He lives in New York and I live in Washington, so most of our communication is via email, but sometimes phone calls.
For the first few months, we were pretty formal with each other. But then as we got to know each other better, we dropped most of the formality and began joking with each other occasionally. His business has been growing quickly, and he has been giving me a lot more work. In the process, we’ve been learning to work together.
Jan
27
Restoring what others have taken
By Gwenn McKone | 6 Comments
“To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.” Isaiah 56:5
God is speaking to eunuchs in this passage of Isaiah. A eunuch was a male who was castrated early in life so that he might perform a specific social function such as chamberlain in a palace, a courtier, domestic servant, treble singer (because their high child’s voice was preserved), religious specialist or a guardian of a harem of women.
Jan
22
An ice storm of the soul
By Gwenn McKone | 2 Comments
I live between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, and this week, we had an ice storm which took out the electricity in about 250,000 homes for at least two days. Some may still be out of power, three days later.
I never knew what an “ice storm” was before. I’ve lived here for 16 years, and never seen one. In fact, the thing I love about our part of the Northwest is that it’s a fairly mild climate. Yep, we get a lot of rain, and usually one or two small snow storms. So when it snowed about 5 inches last Wednesday, we weren’t that surprised. We’d had an exceptionally dry December which we all thoroughly enjoyed.
Jan
13
A return to honor
By Gwenn McKone | 1 Comment
I spent Monday and Tuesday of this week at the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. My daughter is being recruited to the softball team there, and we went for an official visit, so that she could check out the place, the culture and the facilities.
Quite honestly, I was blown away. It far exceeded my expectations.
Jan
10
A most amazing beginning
By Gwenn McKone | 5 Comments
Yesterday, I decided to read the Bible through in one year. However, since I’ve read Genesis many times, I wondered if I could still learn something…
As it turned out, I made it through the first five verses, and was so filled with absolute wonder, I couldn’t get any further.
Let me tell you what I learned, and all that opened up before me. I want to preface this by saying that I have a Keyword Study Bible, which means that keywords are underlined throughout the text, and you can look up the original Hebrew or Greek word (depending on whether it’s Old Testament or New Testament) and its deeper meaning. This has been the most incredible study tool. So as I began to read through those first five verses, I looked up nearly every underlined word–18 words in all. Here’s what began to unfold…
Jan
6
Let’s step up and open our hands
By Gwenn McKone | 3 Comments
“You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.” (Deuteronomy 15:10)
I recently received a very generous inheritance after the death of my grandmother. Within days of hearing that the inheritance would be coming to me, I began researching potential real estate I could buy that would grant me income.
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