Matthew 18:33 “And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?” Our culture seethes with the push to make people pay for wrongs done in the past. I love justice as much as the next person, but I think sometimes we can Continue Reading…
John 14:3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” A little boy in our church recently asked his parents if there would be toys in heaven. His dad assured Continue Reading…
Job 16:19-20 “Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God” No matter how dark life becomes, within each person flickers a light of hope that cannot be extinguished…unless we let it. No one knew trouble more than Job. Continue Reading…
Psalm 107:2 “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe” They know God’s goodness and love will never end because they’ve been to the end…. Psalm 107 lists them as wilderness wanderers. Rebel prisoners. Foolhardy sufferers. Imperiled adventurers. They have a story of redemption Continue Reading…
Psalm 30:11 “You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.” Bad things happen in a fallen world. Hope rises from the ruins in a redeemed one. A friend of mine lost her husband after his long battle with a chronic illness. She and her two teenage Continue Reading…
James 1:4 “Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” Shingles. All I knew about the notorious infection spawned from chicken pox was that it triggered pain. Lots of pain. Now I was experiencing it firsthand. Initially the pain came as intermittent spurts, Continue Reading…
Acts 3:6 “Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’” He had been a cripple for over forty years. He depended on others to literally carry him every day to his Continue Reading…
2 Corinthians 12:9-10: “…Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecution, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” The Continue Reading…
1 Peter 4:19 “So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.” The Battle of France in WWII had been lost. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew England would be the next target in Hitler’s relentless pursuit. The stakes Continue Reading…