"The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives." Psalm 37:23 NLTSometimes, steps can lead to uncommon sites.Porter's Creek Trail is a popular trail in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. The first mile of the trail is a wide...
Philippians 2:13 – For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. (NIV 2011)Have you noticed that disruptions stick in your mind more easily than everyday, ordinary things? I have. Maybe that's why God often uses them as growth...
Psalm 34:8a "Taste and see that the Lord is good." (NIV)All of my life, it seems to me that I have been in a hurry for some reason or other. For example, I have always been the first person at the table to finish my meal. I never thought much about it until recently,...
What I see is often not what God observes."The LORD forbid that I should do this to my lord the king. I shouldn't attack the LORD's anointed one, for the LORD himself has chosen him." I Samuel 24:6 NLTRecently I was messaged on Facebook by a student I taught 22 years...
Matthew 5:16 – In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (NIV)The sky looked like the inside of a brilliant, blue bowl turned upside down. There wasn't a single wisp of a cloud to mar its...
"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?" (Rom 6:1-2, NIV2)Diamonds don't just happen. They are formed a hundred miles under terra firma and are...
I was driving home in a gloomy rainstorm on a cold, March morning in the mountains of my home. Part of me was enjoying the rain thinking that it would clean the slush, salt, and grime that covered my car from weeks of Winter driving and save me a trip to the car wash....