John 9:4 “As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.” The race you never ran. The book you never wrote. The old flame you never looked up. The exotic vacation you never took. Continue Reading…
Mark 16:3 “and they asked each other, ‘Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?’” When the women went to the grave to put spices on Jesus’ body, they had no idea of how they would do it. The huge stone covering the tomb was locked Continue Reading…
Hebrews 11:6 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for…” One of the biggest misconceptions about faith assumes it is a feeling, a flood of positive mental energy we have to drum up. If we “drum it up” enough, we’ll get what we ask for, but if we don’t, Continue Reading…
Matthew 17:20 “I tell you the truth, if you have faith the grain of a mustard seed….” In 1973, Chip and I had just gotten married and were living in Florida. In the fall of that year I got the call that my dad had suffered a very serious heart Continue Reading…
Genesis 37:36 “Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharoah’s officials, the captain of the guard.” Jacob had just heard the news that his son, Joseph, had been killed and devoured by a wild animal. His other sons had presented him with Joseph’s distinctive robe (deceptively dipped Continue Reading…