There are a couple of verses that have been popping up over the last couple of weeks, both in talking with people and in my own mind. They’re short verses, and they sound real simple. One is the first part of Psalm 55:22 that says, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain…
9/11/2001. 8:46 a.m. American Flight 11: 87. 9:03 a.m. United Flight 175: 60. World Trade Center: 2,606. 9:37 a.m. American Flight 77: 59. Pentagon: 125. 10:03 a.m. United Flight 93: 40. Terrorist Hijackers: 19. All told, 2,996. Among those: 343 firefighters and paramedics. 23 NYPD officers. 37 Port Authority officers. Just numbers? I don’t think…
Ever heard the phrase, “That made my day!”? Or, “You just made my day!”? When spoken truthfully, i.e. non-sarcastically, that means something said or done turned a day into a positive one. But have you ever had a day when everything just seemed to go wrong? I recently read about a man who was having…
A story about a stump. And how appropriate it’s been this week! Our Thursday morning Men of the Word study started a new book yesterday, a biography of missionary Nate Saint. The book opens with a story of the struggle to overcome a large stump that hindered the clearing of a key landing strip in…
“Daddy, carry me.” It’s been a long, long time since I heard those words from my children, but how well I remember them! I’ve heard them at the zoo, the shopping mall, the beach, and the playground. And I carried them. Then there were the rainy days, the muddy paths, the slippery steps, and the…
“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound….” “In the Book ‘tis written, ‘Saved by grace’”…. “Sing the wondrous love of Jesus; sing His mercy and His grace….” “Wonderful grace of Jesus, greater than all my sin….” “Marvelous grace of our loving Lord; grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt….” “He giveth more grace when the…
Ever felt like quitting? Giving up? Throwing in the proverbial towel? You’re not alone. Asaph, Elijah, Jeremiah, and Demas, just to name a few, felt the same way. Asaph (Psalm 73) looked at the prosperous lifestyle of the wicked and essentially thought to himself, “It’s not fair; I’ve wasted my time following Jehovah.” Elijah (1…
It was good, very good. God Himself said so. There is no doubt that the beauty of the newly-created and sinless world surpassed anything we would see today. The crowning achievement of creation, man in the image of God, stood ready to live in fellowship with Him and serve in caring for that perfect place…
I went to see him this week. I wanted to encourage him and let him know that a lot of people are praying for him. He’s in his 80’s and has been through a surgery for colon cancer and is taking quite a while to recover. He’s been in a rehab hospital for a few…
It’s still there. I checked just this morning. And it’s still relevant. After seeing all the reaction to the last couple of weeks, I felt the need to see if it was still true (obviously, I say that tongue-in-cheek). I’ve seen a lot of negativity, a lot of “woe is me,” and even a lot…