Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Professional artists talk about the importance of details in a painting. They point out how the specific colors, shadows and strokes create the story and bring life to the canvas. Without the right amount of Continue Reading…
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord…” At the recent NFL Honors banquet, Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills football player who had a cardiac arrest during a nationally televised game on January 2, took the stage to a standing ovation. He said, “Sudden cardiac Continue Reading…
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. One of the requirements of my teaching job consists of getting periodic fingerprints. The last time I tried, the folks scanning my prints reported they were Continue Reading…
Philippians 3:13-14 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. A car rear-ended me the other Continue Reading…
Proverbs 16:9 “A man’s mind plans his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord directs his steps and establishes them.” [AMP] My husband and I celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary this week. Hopeless romantic that I am, I couldn’t help but reminisce about our unlikely story…. As many of you know, Chip Continue Reading…
Job 42:5 “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.” One of my friends works with teenage girls. She recently said she was trying to train them to recognize God in their circumstances. I couldn’t help but think what an apt word: train. Realizing God Continue Reading…
Jeremiah 16:13-15 “So I will throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor. However, the days are coming…[when] I will restore them to the land I gave their ancestors.” Continue Reading…