We went on a beach walk with our two small dogs. There were sections of the walk where we could let them run free and some sections where, for their safety, we attached their leads. But there were other places where despite their keenness, we had to pick them up and carry them. In our… Continue reading Isa 40:11 – Carried
Do you often find yourself living with blame? Blaming politicians for the state of the country. Blaming colleagues for issues at work. Blaming your parents for your life’s circumstances. Blaming your busy life for your lack of fitness. If you blame you will b-lame. Blame shifts responsibility and makes us powerless, lame. There’s a story… Continue reading Jam 4:10 – B-lame
I’m crazy enough to run marathons. During the race, I get to a point where I’m in endure mode. However, I keep on, knowing how amazing the feeling of enjoyment is at the end. You may not be a marathon runner, but we are all running a race, the most important race of life. “Therefore,… Continue reading Heb 12:1-2 The Race
I heard a crazy story about a guy who had borrowed $10 million dollars, and when he couldn’t repay it, the creditor just cancelled the whole debt! That’s crazy. But what was crazier is that a few days later, this same guy sued a friend of his who had borrowed $100 from him and couldn’t… Continue reading Col 3:13 – The Big Debt
Have you ever listened to a musician play a piece of music so skillfully that you were just in awe? Have you ever wished to somehow have this skill transferred into your brain? Yet, we know it takes both incredible talent and thousands of hours of practice to become a musical maestro. Our calling to… Continue reading 2Pe 1:3 – The Maestro
“The food is awesome!” Awesome is overused but it actually means to be in awe of something – not just a tasty meal, but something greater than us. Ultimately real awe can only be experienced in the presence of God. Maybe it is because we have closed our eyes to seeing God that we are… Continue reading Ecc 12:13 – Awesome!
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where—” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. (Alice in Wonderland). How often is this, the narrative… Continue reading Psa 32:8 – Which way?
“Stop! What did you just say?” Sometimes we hear things that cause us to do a double-take. Peter says something double-take worthy. “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but… Continue reading 1Pe 1:18 – That’s crazy
NASA recently released the first images of stars, 2500 light years away, never before seen by humans. Each spot of light in the images are galaxies containing billions of stars. It’s incomprehensible. But what’s really incomprehensible is that “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of… Continue reading Psa 33:6 – Star breather
Levi, Prada, Nike, Gucci. Brands and labels are very powerful. Many people are prepared to spend a lot of money to buy these brands or get the right to be associated with them. These brands make us think we will be admired by others. Yet besides an illusion of admiration, there is little more an… Continue reading Joh 1:12 – Brand New