As we start another new year, God in his wisdom has guided me to be studying Lamentations 3. We look for times to begin anew with making desired changes in our lives and often choose the beginning of the year. We have New Year resolutions that may include time in...

So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the...

Well-spoken words bring satisfaction; well-done work has its own reward.  Proverbs 12:14 (The Message) How often are we satisfied with the job we have done and seek no more reward than the knowledge of having done well?  Our society promotes going after awards and accolades.  We don’t feel good about...

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. Hebrews 13:2 (New Living Translation) While visiting my daughter in San Antonio, I went to church with her and took away a great definition of hospitality. We often think of hospitality...

Strolling down the sidewalk, walking away from our hotel in Colorado, we turn around to go back and there in front of us is a snow-covered Pike’s Peak, one of the tallest mountains in Colorado, surrounded by blue skies and little white puffs of clouds. The view takes my breath...

I am not sure that we take sin seriously enough anymore.  With Jesus as our sacrificial lamb we allow ourselves to be too far removed from the price tag of sin.  Attempts are made to understand the cost through singing songs about Calvary, watching movies like “The Passion of the...

I Samuel 13   Saul has only been the king of Israel for two years and he antagonizes the Philistines by attacking Geba and killing one of their leaders.  Tens of thousands of Philistines seek revenge on Saul and his band of 2000 soldiers.  Saul is shaking in his sandals...

Psalm 8:3-4 from The Message says:   I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?   I love...