Trapped
Read: Ephesians 2:1-10 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world. (vv. 1-2 NIV) I was trapped, trapped under my extremely heavy desk. Reaching under the desktop to grab my power wheelchair’s joystick, I hit the wrong button. […]
Hidden Gifts
Read: 1 Peter 4:1-11 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace. (v. 10) I only knew him as a manager of the Burger King. Often as my parents and I ate there together, he came out of the kitchen to chat with us. […]
Come Back to Me
Read: Matthew 26:30-34, John 21:15-19 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” (John 21:15) With sadness, I watched her pack up her […]
More Than a Cover-Up Job
Read: Psalm 32:1-11 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. (v. 1) Getting into my uncle’s SUV, I noticed the cross stuck on the tailgate. What a nice cross, I thought. Later, he told me why he chose that spot for the cross. His garage door had slammed down, causing […]
The Wilderness of Inconvenience
Read: Exodus 16:1-16 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” (v. 3 NIV) Do you miss […]
A Priestly Task
Read: 1 Peter 2:4-10 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (v. 9) Scanning the funeral pamphlet for my friend, I was surprised to find my […]
The Bible and the Hit Man
Read: Psalm 119:97-112 Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. (v. 97) Moments after the deputy locked the gang member up, there was a loud thud inside the cell. When the deputy opened the cell door again, there was a Bible lying on the concrete floor. The sight surprised […]
Free to Enter
Read: Romans 5:1-11 But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (v. 8) After a wonderful family vacation in Mexico, we still needed to pay one more bill. The Mexican government had enacted an “exit tax” that all international travelers must pay before leaving the […]
Freedom in Christ
Read: Galatians 5:1-12 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (v. 1) I love to swim. Swimming not only gives me a great workout, but it also has another benefit. Being in the water enables me to move around under my own […]