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A Tale of Two Sisters: Part 3 Leah
If anyone’s story gives hope, it’s Leah’s. Dominated by her father. Unloved by her husband. Resented by her sister. Leah had been given a tough row to hoe. She continually hit the wall of Jacob’s rejection. Her heart bruised, we see Leah’s spiritual journey through her children. Their names walk us through her struggle: Leah…
Read More Recharging: Help, My Battery’s Dead
Pacing. Not my strength. I had filled my plate of commitments to overflowing this semester and I am spent. I’m the puppy that plays full tilt then collapses in a heap on the floor. I need to recharge. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Spiritually. I wish I could recharge quickly. I ended the spring semester on Weds.…
Read More Farewell, My Friend
One of my dearest friends passed away last Tuesday after a battle with cancer. We made an unlikely pair, Becky and me. She was everything I’m not. Extroverted. Set a Martha Stewart dinner table. Laughed easily while glowing with a deep love for others. When I first met Becky Done, she struck me as kind…
Read More God Still Moves
God still moves. Sometimes He’s subtle. Sometimes He makes a statement. In Isaiah 36-37, God made a statement. The Assyrian army stood poised to take Jerusalem. Israel had fallen. Judah, under godly King Hezekiah, was next in line. Sennacherib’s field commander recommended surrender. After all, no one had survived Assyria’s onslaught. No god had withstood…
Read More Get Your Hands Dirty
Nick and Joe. Wealthy. Respected. Godly. Sitting together. Outside the city. Like a couple of unwelcome cowboys tossed out of the local saloon. Why? According to Mosaic Law, they were unclean from contact with a dead body. Purification required: Separation “outside the camp” (Numbers 5:2-4) Seven days of uncleanness with purification rites on Days 3…
Read More Come When He Calls
Workout of the Week: Come When He Calls Memory Verse: “And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.” Romans 1:6 NIV Meditation Passage: Romans 1:1-7 Key Thought: Come when He calls. I’m waiting for my new puppy. Our nest is emptying, and I want something more protective than…
Read More Because He Says So
Buy-in. When you have it, you can influence. Without it, you get pushback. As our kids grew older, reason became our tool to gain buy-in. Reason, we hoped, would aid compliance. Sometimes it did. Other times, not so much. (Did I mention our kids are really strong-willed?) As I grow older, I find the same thing.…
Read More Christmas: Surviving and Thriving
Now that we’ve survived Thanksgiving and Black Friday, let’s turn our attention to Christmas holiday planning. For years Christmas was not my holiday of choice. Sandwiched between two of my children’s birthdays, Christmas formed the daunting middle miles of a December marathon. Take heart, we can survive December and even enjoy it, but it may…
Read More Triple D: Daniel and Defilement
“But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.” (Daniel 1:8 NIV) Daniel. A teenager. Yanked from home, family, and country of origin. Dropped into the capital city of the enemy. New name. New language. New life.…
Read More The Sovereignty of God: A Wake Up Call
Psalms. The Hebrew songbook. David wrote many, and we love the twenty-third psalm. But have you read Psalm 2 lately? Gee whiz. A top forty tune, this isn’t. If you ever wanted a perspective of the sovereignty of God and the world at large, take a look. Psalm 2 Why do the nations conspire and…
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