“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…
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Forgiveness
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) Have you ever done something terrible and thought you’d really messed up this time? Maybe it was in a relationship or maybe against a family…
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Shout!
“O clap your hands, all ye people! Shout unto God with the voice of triumph!” (Psalm 47:1) In June 2024, I wrote about shouting instances in the Bible. Recently, I’ve gotten some more ideas on this topic. Several times in the Bible, shouting is mentioned for different reasons. In Zechariah…
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A Different Look at Easter
When we think about Easter, we usually envision happenings during Holy Week, the Passover meal, the path to Golgotha, the Cross, the tomb and the Resurrection. Those are the images of Easter for us as Christians. But as I’ve been reading about these events this week, I’ve begun to think…
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Blessings
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19). As we’ve entered into the New Year, there are some things, I think, that we would like to change. But, I’m sure there are things that we could say were…