Galatians 4:15 What then has become of your blessedness? How would you feel if someone asked you that question? “What has become of your blessedness?” Or, “what happened to your joy?” Paul asked the Galatians that question. The joy they had experienced when they first came to Jesus was slowly Continue Reading…
Romans 8:23-24 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved…. Peter, Paul and Mary’s iconic folk song recorded in the 60s was Continue Reading…
Philippians1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. We knew my 90-year-old mother didn’t have long to live. As she lay dying on our couch in the living room, our family gathered around her. Continue Reading…
Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. As I watched a clip of Joni Mitchell singing her iconic folk song, “Both Sides Now,” at the recent Grammy awards, I got Continue Reading…
John 11:43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” “Lazarus, come out.” What powerful words! Jesus directed these words to his friend’s lifeless body. The same voice that spoke light into darkness when the world began, did it again. Suddenly, Lazarus’ neurons started Continue Reading…
Genesis 5:5;8;14;17;20;27;31 “…and then he died.” America’s first televised game show was titled “Truth or Consequences.” On the show contestants were given a few seconds to respond to some trivia question before Beulah the Buzzer sounded. if they failed to respond accurately, they had to face a consequence for “not Continue Reading…
1 Corinthians 15:19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. As we watched our 7-month old grandson reach for his plastic toy, we could see he was making a herculean effort. Not yet able to crawl, he would push up Continue Reading…
Philippians 2:9-10 “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.” What does a baseball legend, a college president and heaven have Continue Reading…
Matthew 25:21 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’” I’ve written previously about how much I enjoy the Pass It On billboards along the side of the road. Prominent people’s Continue Reading…
John 6:27 “Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.” The man was explaining to my husband about an out-of-body experience he had. As he described what he saw in heaven with great detail Continue Reading…