3 Scenes of Eternal Significance
Would you do me a favor? I’d like you to picture something today. Please lay aside every other thought. Stop thinking about your to do list. Forget any grudges or bitterness against others. Ignore all other distracting concerns. For the next few moments, clear your...
How Does a True Bride Act?
"He who has the bride is the bridegroom” (John 3:29). How does a bride-to-be act? Knowing several engaged women, let me summarize a few “bride-to-be” thoughts and behaviors. First and foremost, a bride-to-be has accepted her groom’s proposal. She daydreams about her...
The Heart Craves the Creep
There’s something creepy that ought to creep us out. It’s worse than snakes, spiders or other creepy-crawlers. And it’s creeping up on you and me as we speak. (Is your skin itching yet?) “The thorny ground represents the hearts of people who listen to the Good News...
Consider an Old Testament Sandwich
There’s a tasty little sandwich in the Old Testament deli. We find the savory description in Haggai 1:5-7. The meat is piled neatly between two introspective slices of bread. Place Your Order For the sake of a sandwich, let’s first dissect the two pieces of bread....
Let’s Taste and not Talk
“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!” (Psalm 34:8). I was talking, but not tasting. My mother-in-law, Miriam, offered to make sandwiches for lunch. Of course, who can turn down a homemade sandwich. Munching through the...
Eternal Significance – What Truly Matters
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth … but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven” (Matthew 6:19-20). The winning field goal was up and good! Our favored team won! Or had they? Recently, we went out for dinner at one of those “social” restaurants with...
How are you Fulfilling your Ministry?
“Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it” (Colossians 4:17) What is your ministry? Wait! Before you deny it and check out, yes, you have one. Ministry can mean many different things to different people. The word Paul used...
Can People See Our Light?
How would we look from space? Would the light from our lives stand out from the surrounding darkness? A recent post from my dear friend and tour guide extraordinaire, Michael Schneider, in Israel (WhatsApp – 972-52-555-5372) prompted these questions. Here’s his post:...
Why a Changed Nature is Necessary
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it...
Watching for the Return of the King
“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” (Matthew 25:13) Glancing is not the same as watching. I recently dropped my wife at a storefront so she could rush in for a few groceries. Stepping from the car, she said,...
A Butterfly Doesn’t Belong in the Forest
(A short story about purpose, transformation, and never settling.) The butterfly was terrified. Hurting, hungry, alone, and now captured, she wondered, “What happened to me? How did I end up like this? I never thought this could happen to me.” The Enchanted Forest The...
Running Into God’s Arms
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 19:14) God favors those who walk in agreement with His Word, who are surrendered to His will, and who depend completely on Him. I recently watched...
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