It was quite a sight to see three magi entering Jerusalem, with but one purpose: "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him." (Matt 2:2, NIV2)Everyone in Jerusalem were puzzled. A newborn king? What...
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama.Then she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying...
I don't remember ever writing a devotional on pain and suffering before, but now, I am suffering pain, so I have thought and prayed about it and looked up certain verses in the Bible. There are very few verses that speak about pain — just four, actually — but then, I...
When a broken arm put an end to my driving for several months, I felt that life as I knew it was over.I was wrong, of course. Life went on in a new direction, highly supported by others who drove me where I needed to go.Our life's road is not ended when things change,...
I had been working the afternoon shift on the second floor of a large complex with Apartments and Assisted Living quarters on one side and a Nursing Home on the other side. There were Villas out around and a large apartment complex separate from the main building. One...
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5Sin has come; suffering as well.But the Savior has also come. His entire life was filled with suffering -- suffering which He bore for us, suffering which made Him one of us, suffering He...
1 Peter 5:9 "Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings."Sometimes I wonder if we as Western Christians really do know about the sufferings of our brothers and sisters...