"Long ago the LORD said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself." --Jeremiah 31:3 (NLT) Since 2020 has been a rough year for all of us, you might be wondering what this next year holds. Maybe you have suffered as a [...]
When the angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her that she, a virgin, would bear the son of God, she had a choice to make. While the gospel record doesn't show it, I can imagine Mary standing there with her mouth open. She must have thought something like this. "If I obey God, what [...]
"How do I reprogram my computer?" the man asked. "I want to clear it out and start from the beginning." "No problem," the technician answered. "You can do it in three easy steps. Just restart the computer, hold down the 0 on the keyboard, and then follow the prompts." As I thought about the technician's [...]
To start our devotion, here's a little Christmas story I found on the Internet. "A few years ago my baby was very ill, and she was hospitalized six times within a ten-month period. She spent two weeks in the PICU of our nearest children’s hospital during one admission—intubated and fighting to get better, which she [...]
"Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken." --Psalm 62:5 (NLT) The phone rang, and while I normally like to screen my calls, something urged me to pick this one up. "Why [...]
Last week in part 1, we touched upon why the Bible says a loving God allows suffering in our lives. I attempted to paint a picture of a God who weeps at pain, because hardship is not at all the design He had in mind. But since suffering is a fact of life, I would [...]