Whenever my father experiences a coincidence or serendipitous happening he calls it a "God wink". Sometimes God speaks to us through these God winks; using them as a way to affirm, validate, or draw our attention to the stirrings of our inner voice. The experience...
"That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ." 1 John 1:3Alexander Maclaren was a British preacher, who was highly acclaimed during...
Luke 15:4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?" NIVI share my office at work with the ambulance crew. One day the crew's chief misplaced a...
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in...
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16, NIV2)One at a time, they filed nervously up to the speaker's podium. With shaky voices, they began their list of thank yous . . ....
"But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came. My inward parts are in turmoil and never still; days of affliction come to meet me." Job 30:26-27Years ago, after completing high school, a Christian girl managed to break into the work...
"Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has begotten these for me, Since I have lost my children and am desolate, A captive, and wandering to and fro? And who has brought these up? There I was, left alone; But these, where were they?'" (Is 49:21 NKJV)Despite my best...