It is a beautiful Sunday. Bright sun, clear blue skies, and a gentle breeze. I can hear the laughter and music from the pool in the complex, and someone is grilling over the fence. I am watching all this from my bedroom window. I am inside on this beautiful day doing homework. Math homework to … Continue reading Age is Irrelevant to God
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins" (Luke 5:37-38). I made some decisions this week about some things that I want to accomplish … Continue reading New Wineskin, New Wine
And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is … Continue reading God is in the Details
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV I enjoyed lunch with some co-workers at one of my absolute favorite restaurants. We had taken advantage of the weather and walked to the restaurant. Belly … Continue reading Clear Boundaries Make Cheerful Givers
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19 ESV I stopped by my friend's place of business one afternoon to drop off a package. I went into the … Continue reading You Hold the Key
There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 ESV The lush green moss provided a comfortable bed for me … Continue reading Summer Fruit
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6 NIV Though still morning, the humidity swaddled us in damp that clung to my body and salty beads of sweat stung my eyes. The breeze I had enjoyed earlier had ceased, and the air hung stagnant. Sunlight filtered through … Continue reading Finding the Right Path
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Scene: Walmart Super Center Saturday early afternoon. Internal monologue: “Oh my gosh! This woman is the human equivalent of a sloth! What in the world is … Continue reading Is Your Heart a Clanging Cymbal to God?
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may … Continue reading Where do I find My Confirmation Number?
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 Big Bryan’s white fur shone in the mid-morning sun. The air was crisp with a gentle breeze that ruffled my curls. It was a great morning to … Continue reading Jesus is Your Bondage Breaker
Mustard Seeds, Modern Parables 