1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” I had been working most of the day writing a devotional. When it finally came together and I read over it one last time, I instinctively lifted my arm Continue Reading…
1 Corinthians 13:9-10 “For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.” Theologian Frederick Buechner writes how Christianity is too good not to be true. But when I accepted Jesus as Savior I had no idea how good or how Continue Reading…
Psalm 18:2-3 “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.” Do you see God as your deliverer, the one who Continue Reading…
Exodus 13:21 “By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.” Self-sufficiency and the Christian faith do not run Continue Reading…
Mark 4:15 “Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.” A beautiful house with a wraparound porch set on a mid-size lawn surrounded by woods. I was beyond Continue Reading…
Psalm 137:1 “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.” Educational facilities from my grandsons’ daycare to the college where I teach are taking a hit from the coronavirus quarantine. Online learning helps fulfill requirements, but hopes of graduations, internships and athletic events lay in the Continue Reading…
Luke 15:24 “For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” Sometimes looking at the past gives us hope for the future. Reading my Grandpa Creech’s diary from 1958 is strengthening my faith. The pages reflect Grandpa’s concern for my parents. Their Continue Reading…
Psalm 31:24 “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.” How’s your hope tank these days? A little depleted? I think the coronavirus has left us all feeling more vulnerable and less secure than we were when life was normal. When was that? Decades ago? The Continue Reading…
Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God” The Lord God Almighty who promises to be with us, even if the earth gives way and the mountains fall into the sea, calls us to “be still and know he is God” (Psalm 46:2;10). I’m working on it. I’m Continue Reading…
Genesis 3:24 “After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.” In 1940, Winston Churchill famously remarked, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed Continue Reading…