In this world, we will face places where we desire a “do-over”—either because of our choices or the decisions of others… The past will continually attempt to speak into our present and future. But the past should be given voice only in the remembrances of God’s restoration and healing, for He indeed makes “everything
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Ezekiel chapter 8 breaks my heart every time I read it… I studied through this chapter last March as I planned a lesson for the Names of God series that I teach in chapel at our homeschool co-op. It broke my heart then… and it breaks it still. It breaks my heart because I feel
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“…when we serve an all-loving, all-powerful God, we have no idea of the good He can weave from the tangled, broken, and frayed threads of our lives.” ~ Kay Arthur (from When The Hurt Runs Deep) Let me ask you… are you hurting? Have you been hurt? Is your heart breaking as you read
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Yes, I am still in Ezekiel… and will be for a while. In my reading and study today my focus was on Ezekiel 6. God is still in the process of giving Ezekiel the instructions he needs to let the people of Israel know why the bad stuff is happening and that it’s going
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Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons
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I am currently studying through the book of Ezekiel and teaching through the book of Revelation and also writing the Judgment Scene and Hell Scene for my church’s annual Fall drama, The Judgment Seat… so here’s your fair warning that for the current season my posts might be a little “harsh” for some… but
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We toss around words like faith and love all the time. And most of us can describe both with minimal difficulty. But hope? What in the world is it? And is it really that essential? Webster defines hope, “to desire with expectation of fulfillment.” To hope is to anticipate. It is more than dreaming, however. It is possessing within ourselves an
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Well, last night I cooked my first real meal in our new home. We closed on our house on July 26th and began moving in that day. We had some strong men come from our church and they helped us get most of our belongings over to our new home that following Saturday and
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I had forced myself on because of the Googled reassurance: “Pick off all first blooms to ensure subsequent harvests are more plentiful.” If I ever intended for the everbearing berries to produce heavily throughout the season, I had to choose to sacrifice the first harvest so that all the growth and energy could be
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You come to the end of your patience. You lose your temper. Then you feel worse. The last thing you consider yourself to be is a “good mom.” And you think to yourself, It’ll be a miracle if my kids turn out okay. And – surprisingly – that’s right where God wants to meet
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"This will be written for the generation to come,
That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD."
Psalm 102:18
