Fresh heart for the journey
“Look, dear son,” his father said to him, “you and I are very close, and everything I have is yours.” Luke 15:31 LBT This devotional and several to follow are passages I discovered in my first Living Bible in 1974. Having been teethed on (and memorized) the King James Version, it was […]
It was December 14, 1962 and the next evening I was driving from Bible School home to Chicago. I had a ring to offer the girl I deeply loved. But was she God’s choice for my life? I’m not sure how you attempt to discover God’s will for you, but to me, God’s will was […]
Allow me to brag on my Heavenly Father for a few hundred words, will you? Our Creator has placed at least 125 billion galaxies in his universe. If they are like our galaxy the Milky Way, they could each contain 300 billion stars. And every new telescope reveals that we haven’t yet found the […]
This ‘guest blog’ was written by my brother Randy Walterman. Read it and relish in the incredible love of our heavenly Father! I have been re-watching a show from 15 years ago called “Crossing Jordan”. It’s about the medical examiner’s office in Boston. Since it’s fiction – the autopsy doctors not only find out how […]
When God looks at you, what does He see? Does He see a rather insignificant piece of humanity, obscured by immeasurable distance? Is his look one of disinterest …disappointment or even annoyance? We know God looks: “The eyes of the Lord are everywhere” (Proverbs 15:3) … “His eyes keep watch on the nations;” (Psalm […]
God made Christmas available. Our sins made it necessary. That’s the reality of Christmas that few celebrate. Even Christians don’t really get around to acknowledging the ‘why’ of the Virgin Birth until Good Friday and the intense drama of the cross. We prefer to wrap ourselves in the lights, the beauty of our nativity […]
Is God’s love ‘reckless’ as songwriter Corey Asbury’s powerful worship song suggests? A key phrase from his popular song “Reckless” celebrates the ‘overwhelming, undeserving, reckless love of God.” Some struggle connecting the word ‘reckless’ with the character of God. To be true, a word with the dictionary meaning of: lack of proper caution : […]
Everyone loves a good love story. That’s why Hallmark channel is so popular with a lot of women and (if truth be known) quite a few men as well. In spite of their cookie cutter plots and the fact that within the first six minutes we know who will get the boot, who will […]
Ray Stedman, pastor of the Peninsula Bible Church in the Bay area prior to his passing, told an interesting story. A man passed by a book store and noticed a book entitled “How to Hug.” Being a romantic at heart he purchased the book only to discover it was one volume of an encyclopedia […]
He may have had many days when he didn’t think about his father, but there was never a day when his father wasn’t thinking about him! There’s nothing worse than a lousy ending to a good movie. The ending must comply with our sense of right; it cannot mess with our sensibilities. If it’s a […]
I am a pastor, teacher, and encourager. I am a happy husband and leader of a family tribe now numbering 13. I am President of Fresh Heart Ministries and consider called of God to help you grow in your spiritual walk … let you know how special you are to God … and have some fun while doing so.