One morning several years ago, I was trying to comb and style my daughter’s hair. The bathroom mirror was completely fogged up, and she was unable to see what I was doing. She made a comment about me not being able to see but I assured her that I could see her hair just fine. […]
God’s Will Is Always Best I have been reading through the Bible in chronological order this year. I recently read through the story of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and his son Manasseh. Their story spreads across multiple passages of Scripture which I have read many times. However, something was said in one of the commentaries
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My daughter once caught a glimpse of some scars on my stomach from a surgery I had recently gone through. She expressed her surprise that they were still so visible since it had been a few months. She told me that she thought they would have been gone by then. I explained to her that,
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I enjoy listening to Dr. David Jeremiah preach and I usually find myself listening to him multiple times each week. He recently shared an illustration about a man which caused me to do a little more research on him. The man’s name was Pablo Casals, and he is considered by some to be the greatest
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Walking Through Storms I recently saw a picture on social media of a snow-covered bison. The caption talked about how bison are one of the few animals that walk into a snowstorm. The one who shared the photo said that this was likely because they knew that doing so would get them through it more
Coram Deo Challenge Once while I was preparing a Sunday school lesson, I came across a phrase that to my knowledge, I had never heard before. It was the Latin phrase Coram Deo which means “before the face of God”. This phrase was taken from Psalm 56:13 and is a reminder that we are walking
Defend and Resist (James 4:7; Eph. 6:10-14; Isaiah 7:9) When I was much younger than I am now, there was a country song that included the words “you’ve got to stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything”. I thought of those words today as I sat down to look at the next definition for
(Stand: 1 Corinthians 16:13-14) I shared recently that my word for the year of 2024 is stand and that from time to time I would be sharing what I was learning as I sought to better understand the word. Today I am beginning with a look at one of the first definitions I came across
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A Word Revealed For several years now, I have prayed for the Lord to reveal to me my word for the year. This year as I prayed for the Lord to give me my word for the year and the verse to go with it, the word stand kept coming to my attention. I confess
