How do you see someone who is being a thorn in your flesh? I am struck by David’s words in 2 Samuel, Chapter 16 when Shimei, a relative of Saul, curses him and pelts him with pebbles David, God’s anointed king, could have ordered the man to be imprisoned or killed. But instead, he tells his soldiers to leave him […]
Christian Living
Rose Glow
A while back, my great-niece made me this rose. Rather ingenious, it is a silk flower and greenery glued around a tea light. She painstakingly hollowed out the rose, inserted the tea light, and then glued it all back together. You have to flip the switch underneath before it can softly glow from the inside out. […]
Why Go to Church?
Do Christians need the Church more than the Church needs Christians? Absolutely. God established Church. Judeo-Christian beliefs from Genesis to Revelation see the faithful as God’s people- corporately. Paul said in 1 Corinthians that we are a Body. A body is designed to have all of it’s parts to function properly. Each is different, but important.. The root […]
Gates
Next Sunday begins the journey through the gates. With praises and loud voices we wave palm branches to welcome Jesus into the gates of Jerusalem. But, within a few days, we watch as his ministry on earth appears to crumble. Plots against him escalate. He and his disciples hide out in an upper room to […]
A Grave Situation
Have you ever felt buried? I have. The hole seemed so deep, yet themroeI tried toclimb my way out,the more I kept sinking.Exhausted, physically, emotionally and spititually, I lay as if paralyzed. Stress, job pressures, finances, loss, sorrow, poor self-image – they all were shovels of dirt thrown on top of me, suffocating any positive outlook, trapping […]
It’s In the Giving, not the Giver
Two blog posts hit my inbox today– one from an anti-trafficking missionary, another from a writer of devotionals. One in the field, one at a desk. Same message: it can’t be about you. “Your eyes and heart need to be constantly on Jesus. Not on the circumstance or the evil that you know exists, but […]