/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him. By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive." (John 7:37-39) Invaders on the Loose! Rivers of Faith, Conclusion I would like to conclude this journey about faith with one simple text: "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drin ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Ecclesiastes 7:29 This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes. God Will Find You When I was seventeen years old, I can remember deliberately telling God that I was finished with Him. I gruffly told Him thanks for all that He had done, but this was my life and He wasn't welcome in it any more. I wanted to go my own way, do my own thing, and not be hampered by Bronze Age mythology or ancient mo ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "Abraham didn't focus on his own impotence and say, 'It's hopeless. This hundred-year-old body could never father a child.' Nor did he survey Sarah's decades of infertility and give up. He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said." (Rom 4:19-21 The Message) Roll Over Danger: Rivers ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Isaiah 49:15-16 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." NIV The Tattoo Brent was laying on the carpet playing with his best dog buddy Hoss when he suddenly called my name in a frantic voice. Lynne, Lynne come and look. Come and look at what somebody ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "Wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her." (Prov 8:11) Ladders over Barbed-Wire Fences How Can I obtain Wisdom? So often I encounter people who covet wisdom. With their heads bowed down into their hands, they wonder if there will ever be a solution to the impasse they are facing. We all go through tough times like these, but more often than not, the decisions we make are far from prudent. J ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire The Power of Words It was 15 years ago. I was driving home with my 8 year old son after a trip to the grocery store. Traffic was light. The sun was shining. A cool Autumn breeze was in the air. I was quietly singing along to the song playing on the radio. I pulled to a stop at the intersection and looked both ways. The road was clear. I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded a curve ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Eph 5:19-20) When Red Lights Seems to be Following You. Awake Series, Part 30 I was driving back home, burdened and praying for a hurting colleague. Unaware that the traffic light had turned red, I drove right through it. Unfortun ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Luke 17:11-15 "Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, Jesus, Master, have pity on us! When he saw them, he said, Go, show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.& ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: "Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" (Luke 10:40) Sleep Turmoil on Flight FI602: Rivers of Faith, Part 22: Distracting Deceptions Our night flight left at 9:30 our time, or 21:30, as they say in Europe, and landed in Keflavik, Iceland at 6:30 in the morning. Just perfect fo ...Continue Reading

/ Welcome to the Illustrator/ Today's Bible Verse: Ps 20:7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Four Rooms with Potential When we were looking for a house Marianne and I had lofty and grand expectations. You know, that "dream house" each of us can describe right down to the door knobs. Reality, however, kept those dreams in check. I can clearly remember saying that we needed to look at houses and see the potential in them. Thus, ...Continue Reading