Everyone agrees that God is omniscient. He has the full knowledge of everything past, present, and future. We humans, on the other hand, only see through a glass darkly. We have a limited view of this world and often end up with misconceptions and miscommunications about natural things, much less all the spiritual things happening… Continue reading God Knows Things We Don’t
Looking at my three glorious aloe vera plants, you would never guess the kind of carnage I have reaped on others of their kind over the years. In fact, I have had what is called a “black thumb” with plants. Unlike those with a “green thumb” who can make anything grow, I have had the… Continue reading Not Growing as a Christian? Do These 3 Things
Twice a month, the ladies from my church and a few others get together for a Zoom Bible study. This week, a precious sister in Christ told her testimony about how God was with her during a recent ordeal with her health. Then another sister who had just been through a trial herself shared a… Continue reading The Lord Looks at the Heart: An Analogy
This week while in the midst of a struggle, I had a spiritual breakthrough. As He so often does, the Lord brought clarity through a vivid picture in my mind. It was an analogy of the situation that made things so real and understandable that I was able to step forward spiritually in a way… Continue reading Spiritual Breakthrough Requires a Break
I scratched my four-day-old Jeep. It was a silly mistake on my part, but at the very moment it happened, I knew God was speaking to me. Like so many times in the Bible and even in my own life, God uses physical situations to illustrate spiritual concepts. This time, He was showing me that… Continue reading A Way That Seems Right: Navigating By Screens
“I feel like a money pit.” Those words popped into my mind this week after the Lord showed me yet another thing about myself that needed fixing. I pictured a house with new plumbing issues just as the electrical troubles were finally being worked out. Did the Lord ever get tired of identifying problems and… Continue reading The 3 Stages of Sanctification & the Fixer-Upper Life
There is a gospel song that goes, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.” It’s a good song, a great message, and the lesson I believe the Lord was trying to teach me this week.… Continue reading Set Your Affection on Things Above: An Analogy
God loves His children. As Christians, we know this with our minds and have felt it in our hearts many times. But sometimes when things get rough or we haven’t heard from the Lord in a while, that love can start to feel more like an idea or a concept than a two-way relationship. We… Continue reading God Loves His Children
Getting angry is like being splattered with mud. Sometimes we can avoid it by staying out of dirty places, but sometimes just being in this filthy world will put us in the splash zone. This week just before leaving work, I was hit with some massive muck. I spent the drive home getting angrier and… Continue reading What the Bible Says About Anger
There’s a reason that crows are known as the “gangsters of the sky.” A group of crows is called a “murder,” and their attacks are as cunning as they are overwhelming to their victims. When they set their sights on an eagle, the strongest bird of prey, the eagle is outnumbered. Its only recourse is… Continue reading When the Enemy Attacks, Fly Higher
