“All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:16) This phrase came to me recently and had me thinking about things “before and after”. I hear my son remind my two-year-old granddaughter, “Say please.” Then what comes after please…thank…
Category: obedience
The Walk
“For we walk by faith and not by sight.” (Corinthians 5:7,) Sometimes, or many times, when we’re walking the Path of Life, we can’t see far enough ahead to see where we’re going. It may be scary not knowing what’s up ahead. But, if we remember that God is with…
Don’t Stop!
“The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.” (Psalm 37:23-24) We live in a culture that punishes mistakes. When we were kids, we often got punished for our disobedience and the mistakes that disobedience brought…
Signs
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21). A pop song from 1971 said: “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind. Do this, don’t do…
What If?
The Bible is full of heroes, ordinary people, scoundrels and kings, all who had a part in shaping history. There are lots of things that could have happened differently in Biblical history that would have drastically changed things for us. As I thought about this, I came up with several…