If you do a quick read of the book of Joshua you may miss it. Tons of telling about how the land is distributed. In Chapter 21 all of the warring and distributing is done. God’s promise is fulfilled with a caveat in Chapter 23. It does not come rolling but roaring down in verses…

Compassion is a person, place or thing so it should be a noun but it is not just a noun. It presents as a noun, being a sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. Having sympathy is a verb because you have the noun – sympathy and have is the verb….

I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered That is why I trust Him. This song has been spinning around me all day. Not because of a particular answer to said prayers but…

I’ve been reading near the beginning of the Bible. Leviticus has a lot of detail on how we can approach God and it is with an offering and with caution. It makes me appreciate the new covenant where Jesus did it all. The Levites were ordained by God and commissioned by those whom they served….

What IS the goal? Can this new year be about surviving this life? No – because no one can do that. I have a disturbingly long list of people in my prayer journal who are sick. Do I think I can save them? No – not a one. But I know someone who can so…

My microwave was groaning. I used it anyway. Then it was moaning and I used it anyway. Then I would leave the room for ‘just in case’. I would forget it wasn’t working. I finally googled microwave groaning. Every search would list seven things that can be wrong with your microwave. No one mentioned moaning…

There is passion to lament beyond grief and sorrow. The book of Lamentations follows the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The first verse begins with, “How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces has…

Both Peter and Judas denied Christ. One came back. I don’t know what Judas thought he could accomplish by turning Jesus over or if he knew the extent of his betrayal until it was too late. Peter doubted his safety. He no longer expected Jesus could save him. He denied Christ three times. When Jesus…

In junior high my dad started coming to church. It was for a season but so fun. We were like a whole family worshipping together. I knew it was right and good that that was all I would accept for my future family. As a family, we rarely ate in restaurants. Fast food was also…

After reading the end of Genesis I thought I had the perfect solution. When Joseph is finally redeemed from the dungeon, Pharaoh recognizes that God is with Joseph. He had interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams and saved the kingdom of Egypt! When Pharaoh advances Joseph to number two in the kingdom he puts a ring on his…