Let me start with a disclaimer that this is not an attempt to define faith in a blog. People write books on it. People make a one sentence definition of it. I’m not trying to define it as much as put down lessons from it that I have learned as it is exercised and even…
I would say everyone reading this will have heard of St. Patrick, but here I’m just going to refer to him as Patrick. He was simply a man who God called and used in an extraordinary way, but still ordinary like all of the rest of us. What is extraordinary is God’s story in which…
“At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah’s illness. Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine olive oil—his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was…
Back when Isaac was only two, he and I were living with my mom. One night, he and I were playing in the living room when he fell straight backwards and hit his head hard. At first he was crying, but then suddenly his face froze, he quit breathing and went unconscious. I was so…
Last week, I received a personal message on a social media site from a friend. While I thought it was odd that she was messaging me, I still replied. After all I had seen her a few days before. It seemed odd that she would message me to see how I was doing. I replied…
“David comforted his wife Bathsheba, came to her, and went to bed with her. She gave birth to a son and named him Solomon. Adonai loved him and sent through Nathan the prophet to have him named Jedidiah (loved by God), for Adonai’s sake.” ~ 2nd Samuel 12:24-25 The book of 2nd Samuel and subsequent…
If there have been two particular tactics being used by the Enemy this day and age, it has been complacency and/or despair. I find that, at times, I am either in one one or the other. Sometimes, depending on what side of the bed I woke up on. It’s been especially noticeable, lately, that I…
A few months back, while working, I was praying & asking Jesus where was my relationship with him. It hadn’t seemed like it had been much lately, and, not trying to sound arrogant, it had certainly felt like it had been one sided. A couple of days later, I was listening to a documentary while…
Just like probably everyone else, I have been lamenting and even been angered about what is currently going on in this country. My brain has been crammed full of statistics, news stories, and opinions. Imagine a hoarder’s house overrun with garbage, junk, and newspapers. I am pretty sure that’s what the inside of my head…
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me,…
