Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. —Psalm 25:4 I stopped to talk with a neighbor on my morning walk—a wonderful lady and great mom with two teenage daughters. “I’m glad your girls have you to guide them to good decisions,” I said. “What concerns me,” I added, “is the […]
I have summoned you by name; you are mine. —Isaiah 43:1 They had set the date, booked the minister, reserved the chapel, and put down a deposit on an apartment. He would move to Texas, and they would begin their happily-ever-after life together. She flew to California to help him pack. He
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. —Hebrews 13:8 You live in a place of constant change. Marriage changes, for better or for worse. Children change. In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye sings: “Is this the little girl I carried, Is this the little boy
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We are all the work of your hand. —Isaiah 64:8 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” (Jer 1:5). “God has made us what we are.” (Eph 2:10 GW). One of the most difficult things in
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This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope. —Lamentations 3:21 Whatever your go-to source for news, you’re seeing and hearing things you never wanted to see and hear—things that leave you feeling helpless and hopeless. Lamentations is a horrific account of
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There was a man who had two sons. —Luke 15:11 The novel drew me in with a captivating beginning and continued with a riveting story. As I turned the pages, my curiosity heightened: “How will it end?” The ending was a
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It was a beautifully manicured patch of green where the county buried its unknown dead. As I strolled among the graves, I saw a marker: “Infant Lara.” I wondered who she was and why she died alone. And why did he whose bones were beneath the stone that said “Unknown” die alone? I had been
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak —Isaiah 40:29 Are you at the end of your rope—slogging through a rough patch with no relief in sight, so exhausted that you’re about ready to throw in the towel? If so, you have
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We live by faith, not by sight. —2 Corinthians 5:7 Chronic complainers seem to think they could run the world better than God. Living in this chaotic rat race, we must constantly remind ourselves that God is sovereign—creator and controller of the universe. From a limited human perspective, it sometimes seems
Come and stand here where everyone can see. —Luke 6:8 Jesus interrupted his synagogue sermon, saying to a man with a deformed hand, “Come and stand here where everyone can see.” I bet the poor
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