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Father, Thank You for this beautiful morning and for the showers of the past few days. I love the fresh-washed feel when the rain has cleared the dust from the air. I am constantly amazed at Your handiwork and the unbelievable variations in Your creation. As I observe, I see Your intricate artwork covering even […]

Matthew 16:15 But whom say ye that I am? The disciples were surrounded by people crying out for help from Jesus and by those who wished Jesus would just go away. Speculations were flying about this Man. After one encounter with some religious leaders, Jesus asked His disciples what others were saying about Him (as […]

We talk about Jesus being our friend. He is. We say He is our brother (Proverbs 18:24). He is. We speak of His humble birth, His quiet life, and His humiliating death. All of this is true and important. We call Him Father (Psalm 103:13). He is. We focus on His grace, His love, His […]

Father, So many people are hurting. The winds of hopelessness are blowing through our land, and the storm clouds continue to build. In the middle of this turmoil, trying to live each day, are mothers with children, babies in need of food and care, dads needing work, the ill and the disabled, people questioning their […]

This past Sunday, we were back in church. The logistics were a little different, but we were there! As I sat in the pew, masked and socially distanced, I thrilled as voices raised – through masks – to praise the Lord our God. My heart overflowed with gratitude for the security, the foundation, the grace, […]

We think we have God figured out. We have assumed out assumptions and set our expectations based on finite understanding. We attempt to dictate His actions based on our own personalities and preferences, and we are shocked and shaken when He does not comply. Like toddlers, we presume that the world revolves solely around us […]

God has a great benefit plan! In Psalm 103, David sings his praise to the Lord, and he challenges us to not forget all that God does for us. Here are a few of the benefits David lists for us to remember: God forgives. He heals. He redeems. He crowns with lovingkindness. He loves. He […]

BIG MISTAKE!! I opened Facebook to check on something before I opened my Bible this morning. What did I find? Arguments – some civil, some not – over our president, over the virus, over data, over masks, over current protests and riots. People I know and people I don’t know weighing in with a comment […]

In the heat of the summer, in confusing and troublesome times, in difficult circumstances, our hearts sometimes faint. We begin to wonder if anything makes a difference, and we are tempted to give up. When our eyes and our thoughts focus on this life, things can seem hopeless. Paul talked about fainting in II Corinthians […]

I remember sitting in my dorm room on Father’s Day two years after my dad’s death. Aloneness filled my heart, and I grieved. I thought how blessed I was to have a good dad – a dad who showed his love by showing up for his family every day. A dad who lived his faith […]

The evidence of a vital, growing relationship with God can be seen in our response to crisis. When our faith is in the God Who can, we can endure, we can persevere, we can know joy even in trial and severe sorrow. Faith is not grounded in the temporal; its foundation is the Eternal One. […]

Father, In this world of Your creation, we have chosen falseness over truth; hatred over love; appearance over character; things over values; rules over relationship; the temporal over the eternal; our way over Yours. We have rejected Your love while running straight into the arms of the enemy. Yet, still You reach for […]

From the tiniest flower on a mountaintop to the smallest anemone buried by ocean waves, treasures only recently discovered by man have been visible to God from the beginning of creation. Purposefully planned and delicately designed, each one exists and performs in its one minuscule part of the ecosystem, and God says, “It is good”. […]

Lord, In this time of confusion and panic and violence, I need to stay my mind on You. There are SO many things that I do not know, that I do not understand. My soul is shaken by the evil in this world, and I am hard pressed to know what to do. But, Father, […]

We talk about love – a lot. We talk about loving our neighbor and loving those who are different from us. We frown and complain about hate and injustice. We talk. With all of the talk, I thought I should go back and look at the way God describes love, since He IS love (I […]

Read Mark 6:31-46 Jesus had been teaching, and the people followed and listened. It seemed that they couldn’t get enough of Him. Now, they were out in a desert place, far from home, and their physical hunger became evident. The disciples saw the need of the people – over 5000 people. They understood hunger, but […]