I recently had a conversation about expectations that dug around the soil of my soul. Consequently, I dove into a word study. The word, expectations, brings to mind a variety of different thoughts for different people. For example, we look forward with expectation when we know something good is going Read more…
I keep coming back to faith. This life of faith is vital to our sojourn here on earth. In fact, it is faith that pleases God. Faith undergirds all of life. In defining faith, we see a confidence and reliance on the God of heaven who is sovereign over all. Read more…
Words such as injunctions, dictates, mandates and demands leave a bitter taste in one’s mouth. Especially when it infringes on the rights of the people. Daniel was no stranger to such words. He was taken as a captive to Babylon when just a teen. He faced a myriad of situations Read more…
It was the year of 1861. The first year of the Civil War. Skirmishes and battles became prevalent across the nation. Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon was assigned to the US arsenal at St. Louis, Missouri. He had faith in President Lincoln and his mission of equality and preserving the nation. Read more…
In the past months we have seen how fear can escalate and become an epidemic that will overrule common sense and undermine our peace. Fear and anxiety has soared to unprecedented heights in our world today. Left unchecked, the tentacles of fear will wrap itself around us and smother our Read more…
We have all felt the fear of the unknown these last weeks. The knot in our stomach seems to be a permanent fixture and the thoughts roiling through our head seems to be on an endless rerun. Fear and faith vie for space in our life. The fears deepen as Read more…
She was hoping against hope. Twelve years of battling her physical ailment had left her broken and despairing. Her money continued to dwindle after each physician. Yet a remedy had not been found. The strength to go one had waned after her last coin had been handed over and the Read more…
Desperate and depleted? Struggling and Searching? Looking for hope? I’ve been there. I know a little bit about huge problems with no answer in sight. Desperately praying for a miracle and seeing none. Lying awake with a heart crying out to God for a word from heaven. All the while, Read more…