Posts Tagged ‘promise’
The God Who Never Doesn’t Not Abandon Us
“Irregardless.” Ugh! It’s not even a word. And if it were, it would mean the exact opposite of what those who use it intend that it should mean. I love words. I love playing with words, inventing new words, tweaking existing words, and using words in appropriate, albeit unusual ways. I also love music. I…
Read MoreSo You Feel Alone?
I have lived the last six weeks alone, or so it seems. My best friend, my wife, makes regular, annual trips each year to visit family living 2,000 miles away. I knew these trips would be necessary before we were married, but knowing it before-hand does not make it any easier for us to be…
Read MoreThree Truths About Raising the Dead
I marvel, at times, regarding the various trends that seem to captivate the attention of huge numbers of people. More often than not, I have no idea how or where the trend started, or what it is that keeps it going. Consider the recent national obsession with bacon. Seriously, what is up with that? Yes,…
Read MoreFour Inspiring Examples of God Bringing Good Out of Evil
When I was very young, my mother gave me my first Bible. It was a small, white, leather-bound King James Bible. Given my youth, and the archaic language in that particular revision of the King James Version, the text was incomprehensible to me. But I knew it was a special book, I cherished it, and…
Read MoreDealing With Discouragement
Before crossing the Jordan River to take the land that God promised to his people, God spoke to Joshua in order to embolden him for the task that lie ahead. Moses had died, and Joshua was now the leader of the sons of Israel. God even goes so far as to say to Joshua: “Just…
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