It's usually not a good thing to constantly feel like a beginner. After all, who wants to be a beginner forever. That would be kind of like staying in Kindergarten forever. I want to always be going deeper into whatever I'm learning. But, there's one subject of which I've figured out I will always be... Continue Reading →
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.” John 9:39 Read John 9:18-41 “I say, I say, don’t bother me with the facts son, I’ve already made up my mind.” A bit of wisdom from one of... Continue Reading →
"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23 Read Proverbs 4 I always thought grief was the range of emotions people went through after the death of loved one, or a traumatic loss. I couldn’t imagine that I was in grief. After all, it was eight months... Continue Reading →
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 Read Jeremiah 17 I turned in my heart monitor thinking I would finally find out why my heart rhythms were so crazy. I had worn it for a week. Every time I felt some strange rhythms I had to push a button that would record what my heart... Continue Reading →
Save me, O God, * for the waters have risen up to my neck. I am sinking in deep mire, * and there is no firm ground for my feet. Psalm 69:1-2 Read psalm 69 It was a hot afternoon and I had just finished playing Tennis with my Pastor. There was a family in... Continue Reading →
‘Return, faithless Israel, says the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, says the Lord; I will not be angry for ever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the Lord your God and scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice, says... Continue Reading →
Hear my cry, O God, * and listen to my prayer. I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; * set me upon the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:1-2 Read Psalm 61 I think rocks are fascinating. They can be so great in size they... Continue Reading →
“Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” John 4:31-32 Read John 4:27-42 Food is one of my great delights in all of God’s creation. There is such variety in the world. I love experiencing the culinary delights of different... Continue Reading →
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I command you this day for your good? Deuteronomy... Continue Reading →
