“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.” (Gen 1:31 NIV) Think of the most beautiful setting you have ever seen. Maybe it was a vacation spot, a star-filled sky as you lay in the backyard, or the sunrise viewed from…
As we go about our kitchen remodel this month, we’re making surprising decisions. Put up a rail by the stairs. Make a spot for cleaning supplies on a high shelf. No low glass cabinet doors. These are all precautions we cleared out of our lives years ago as the babies we raised in this house…
“Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.” (Deut. 10:16 NIV) I am definitely a stiff-necked person at times. I would rather do things my own way than God’s. My own input is the only one I listen to. I completely ignore the leading of the Holy Spirit. I am confident that…
If you were to do a quick Google search for “Bible verses about God’s will,” you might be surprised at the results. As you first type those words into the search bar, you may be hopeful—surely the Bible will have a lot of obvious things to say about God’s will. Well, after scanning through a…
The year I was born, my Dad took my Mom to the hospital early. If I remember the story correctly, she wasn’t in labor but, she was close enough to her due date that the impending snowstorm had him a little skittish. And there, sometime during the evening, I entered the world. A birthday spent…
No one likes to fail. Sure, we try to dress it up like Thomas Edison who said, “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Or Albert Einstein, “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Yes, failure is a part of life. But that doesn’t make it…