Is This Heaven?
Read: John 14:1-14 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? (v. 2) Arriving at the baseball field, I saw families and friends playing catch, batting, and running the bases. This was no ordinary diamond. Instead, these […]
Looking for a Cure
Read: 2 Kings 5:1-14 She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” (v. 3) While visiting Hot Springs, Arkansas, I found it fascinating that for years, hundreds of desperately sick people traveled to this city looking for a cure. […]
Surprised by His Presence
Read: Genesis 28:10-19 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” (v. 16 NIV) As we traveled north out of Jackson, Wyoming, on the flat Route 189, we were surprised at how the Grand Teton mountains seemingly appeared out of nowhere. […]
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 […]