It’s very possible to be looking for the right thing in the wrong place. Like standing at the airport when your ship comes in! Some people can be found cursing the darkness even as the light is breaking behind them. The very thing they desperately need is on its way, but their back is […]
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After a long, memory-filled day rafting the North Fork of the Coeur d’ Alene River, we realized that there may not be enough light to navigate safely. The other rafters and their craft were beached and someone went on ahead to get a vehicle. Being a glass ‘half full’ optimist I believed our destination […]
The Moment The Battle Changes
” … the tide of battle runs strongly against me, for so many are fighting me … ” Psalm 55:18 TLB “God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.” – Augustine Pastor Rick Warren states: “God never wastes a hurt.” And that’s really good news because we have […]
From Mess To Message
“ As the Scriptures say, ‘No one is good—no one in all the world is innocent.” No one has ever really followed God’s paths or even truly wanted to. Every one has turned away; all have gone wrong. No one anywhere has kept on doing what is right; not one.’” Romans 3:9-12 NLT […]
Sturdy As A Spider Web
“A man without God is trusting in a spider’s web. Everything he counts on will collapse.” Job 8:14 NLT How secure are the things or people you depend on? Ever been lied to by a salesman or politician? Did your warranty cover less than what you had been made to believe it […]
The Secret’s Out!!
The game was broadcast during the time I’d be in church, so I used the DVR to record it so I could enjoy it that afternoon. I’m not a football addict and if it weren’t my favorite team playing I wouldn’t have cared. But this game promised to be a knuckle-biter with huge implications […]
Sky Markers
“Then God said, ‘Let there be light-bearers (sun, moon, stars) in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be useful for signs (tokens) [of God’s provident care], and for marking seasons, days, and years;’” Genesis 1:14 Amplified Bible The heavens do more than declare God’s glory (Psalm 19:1). They also […]
God Still Makes House Calls
Before we went to hospitals, doctors’ offices and urgent care facilities, the doctor would come to us. Honest! It sounds like something from a galaxy far, far away but it was actually a common practice until the early 1960s when 40% of patient/doctor meetings took place in the patient’s home. By 1980 less than […]
The Light Is Back!
From creation to the end of the Old Testament writings, God had been ‘hands on’ with this planet – this beautiful tiny blue speck in the vastness of universes. He had given instruction, made prophetic promises concerning its future and spoken in various ways with those who followed Him. But then … 400 years […]
5 Reasons To Love The Babe Of Bethlehem
If it weren’t for the miraculous conception, the surprise tour stop of heaven’s angel choir to a group of sleepy shepherds, the mysterious arrival of Eastern wise men or angel visits to both Mary and Joseph … the birth of Jesus would be just like the birth of any baby. But God didn’t orchestrate […]