In reading 1 Kings 15, and in looking at events here in our time, I can’t help but be struck by the impact in everyday lives of events beyond our control. In the war currently being waged in Ukraine, there are still children who need cancer treatments as we saw last night on 60 Minutes.…

In this Chapter, 1 Kings 14, I love the question the prophet Ahijah asks the wife of Jeroboam…why this pretense? She was sent to the prophet by her husband, the king, because their son is ill and Jeroboam wants to know what will happen. He tells her to go in disguise and take food to…

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Ephesians 5:8-10. On our local news last night we watched a report meant to dispel the myths…

This morning in our Friday morning Prayer Group, we watched a video by John Ortberg titled Practicing the Absence of God. He pointed us to the very first part of Genesis. In the Garden of Eden we see the serpent, we see Eve and we see Adam but we don’t “see” God. Why not? Because…

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;…

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8. In Revelation 11 we see another kingdom of this earth end. Why? Solomon had so much. Wisdom of this world is not enough. Riches of this world is not enough.…

This mornings blog doesn’t follow my usual pattern of reading a chapter in my Bible, my devotionals and my private conversations with God in prayer. This morning I had my 3 month flexsigmoidoscopy to ensure a polyp remains gone. This has been going on since 2019 in varying stretches of time for this one stubborn…

Do you want a relationship with God? Do you want a Savior who knows you? Do you want Him to draw near to you? Do you long to draw near to Him? Ask. Do you remember having a best friend and you couldn’t wait to talk to them because you had a connection that was…

Are there mornings you feel more acutely the weight of worry? Pressing down until you have no strength left? I want so much to let go of that weight and yet it clings. God showed me this morning that just as I have traveled this unique journey with Him, so will those I love and…

Do you ever stop to consider the goodness of God? His creation, His help when we are helpless? His mercy and grace so needed by every one of us. One on one, God is here for you. 480 years after the people were led out of slavery in Egypt, Solomon draws all Israel to the…