Announcing….some good news for a change! Today I stumbled across this awesome announcement in I Peter 1:6-12. God has prepared “gracious salvation” for us. When I read this passage from the New Living Translation, the words seemed to jump out at me. Like the first century Christians, some of us are enduring hard times. But—good […]
“As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ, John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(Luke 3:15-16 ESV) Risking Disappointment As a kid, I […]
When you feel troubled, God is…the Quieter of our Souls The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love;he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV) When I was the mother of a newborn, I was always on […]
When you’re lonely, remember God is… omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? (Psalm 139:7 ESV) God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. Those are some fancy theological terms you can file under: Attributes of God. God knows all things, can do all things, and […]
When everything around you is changing, God is…Never-changing. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17 (ESV) God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his […]
I put up my Christmas tree before Thanksgiving because… well, why not? I notice others are doing the same thing. While Thanksgiving signifies thankfulness for what God’s don in the past, Christmas gives us hope. And this year, we all need a huge dose of hope.