Posts tagged “God”
Spring = new life
“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine on us—so that your ways may be known on…
Self-control is a “fruit”
I wish self-control was a microwavable meal. Pop in a prayer request, wait a minute or two, and your self-control comes out, steaming and…
The day a tree stops growing
One of the largest and longest-living trees in the United States is the Seven Sisters Live Oak in Mandeville, Louisiana. This massive tree is…
Left on read
For today’s high school and college students, the worst thing you can do is leave them “on read.” Let’s pause a moment for a…
The gift of now
Listening to the news and the watercooler gossip about the news, there’s a pretty good consensus that everyone’s positive everything’s bad in the world….
Your truth = The truth?
The other day I studied every appearance of the word truth in the Bible. In my English translation, the word showed up 137 separate…
Today is the day the Lord has made!
Do you ever shop at Aldi? With four small, seemingly always hungry kids at home, I sure do! One of my favorite things about…
Seek truth
It’s hard to know what to do when you don’t know what is true. I felt that way when COVID first hit. As the…
God is love
Want to hear three words that would have sounded wild to the religious crowd of the first century? Here goes—God is love. Read the…
What does it look like to be still?
One of my favorite Bible verses is Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Who knew eight words could be so…
A sense of gratitude
Have you ever spent time in God’s creation and made a list of the signs of God’s provision that you encountered? What if you…
Big or small
How big does a problem have to be before God is interested in it? I wonder about that sometimes when I hear children bring…