One hot summer day, I watched our Blue Healer, Rocky, stroll across the field and walk into the neighbor’s pond. He looked rather handsome with the sun behind him as he emerged from the refreshing water. As is typical of wet dogs, he shook himself, starting at his...
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin." (1 John 1:7-9 NIV)|"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except...
Hello and happy New Year!It is the eve of a new year, one which will bring about changes, either for good or for bad. It is a time of reflection, a time of introspection, and a time for resolutions.What will your resolution be this year?Most years I make resolutions...
"David said to Nathan, 'I have sinned against the Lord.' And Nathan said to David, 'The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.'" (2 Samuel...
"'Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it…. And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty-fold and sixty-fold and a...
I don’t think that the words of Psalms 32:4-5 are a surprise to anyone:“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.” (Psalms 32:4 NIV)I don’t...
"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." (Proverbs 14:12 KJV) "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,...