"The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God." --Psalm 51:17 (NLT) If you have seen the smash-hit Disney movie Frozen, some of the things I'm writing may be old-hat to you, but I ask you to read on anyway. This movie asks an important [...]
It always amazes me how God can turn obstacles into opportunities, if we choose to see them. But seeing them is one thing I often overlook. I either complain about my past, or I choose not to examine it at all. The other extreme happens when I have a love affair with the web of [...]
"Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. [...]
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." --Matthew 5:16 (NIV) What special memories does Christmas have for you? As a child, I loved Christmastime. I still remember shopping for Mom and Dad's presents in fancy department stores in downtown [...]
"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." --Psalm 35 The pastor stroked his chin and looked directly at a young woman he had never seen, as she walked through the door. "What brings you into my office today?" he asked. "It's a long story, and I don't know where to [...]
"Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul ..." --1 Peter 2:11 (NKJV) Sitting on the edge of her bed, the grandmother savored a rare time of quiet. The kids were all out of the house, and she cherished these few minutes alone, slowly paging through [...]