Read: Matthew 22:34-40 You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (v. 39) Why is it so hard to love ourselves? It’s very easy to find fault with our bodies: “I...

Read: Deuteronomy 7:6-9 It is because the LORD loves you. (v. 8) I have always loved grandfather clocks. I love listening to the chimed melody every fifteen minutes on the...

Read: Isaiah 49:13-18 I will not forget you. (v. 15) Have you ever felt forgotten? Feeling forgotten is a lonely feeling. Feeling forgotten can lead us to believe we are...

Read: Genesis 16:6-16 You are the God who sees me. (v. 13 NIV) Children love hiding from others as a game. As adults, we also hide in different ways. Sometimes...

Read: Genesis 1:26-31 Let us make humans in our image. (v. 26 NRSV) The Sioux people of the northern Great Plains in North America believed the longest distance we journey...