How could they give all? How could they lay it down? Was it for crimes that they had done ~~~ or was it for a crown? How could they die, so firm and sure ~~~ without a shade of doubt? Was it for show or spectacle? Was their faith that stout? How could...
"COME TO ME...AND LEARN OF ME." Matthew 11:28 How often do people ask, "What are you reading?" Sometimes the question is, "Who are you reading?" Besides God's Word---the Bible, my answer may be Thomas Watson, Horatio Bonar, Charles Spurgeon, or any of the Puritans...
A rainbow is a symbol of God's grace. We don't usually find one if we are looking for one. They come with no planning on our part. This one appeared while the sky was still very cloudy. And only then, through a small sweep of the sky between the trees. Had I not...
"So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee." Psalm 73:22 Why am I so foolish?---because I am ignorant. Why am I ignorant?---because I do not know God. Without the knowledge of Him I am but a sinful creature, no different than the other creatures...
Give me not a god, a god that I control. Don’t give me a god that I can mold. I need GOD, the REAL GOD, who knows more than I know. Give me GOD, THE LIVING GOD, who’s free to come and go. GOD, Himself, who created Life, and all living things--- GOD, who...
How the photographer got this close to the scene I do not understand. I only know what I see in the picture. And it reminds me of the words of the Psalmist who experienced the wings of God's grace. "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the...
God's glory, and mother nature, are complimentary. More than this, nature is a reflection of the glory of God, the Father. And yet in this visible world the natural man only sees and knows the mother. Within three days I have encountered this phenomenon from the...
*OUR OWN LITTLE WORLDS On this planet earth many of us are living within our own little worlds---wombs that we think are protecting us from the rest of the world. In essence we have imprisoned ourselves. Before birth a baby is cradled, fed, and cared for naturally. ...
"And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. We hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not." Isaiah 53: 2-3 Who can SEE what is heavenly? Who can experience the supernatural beauty of that which is above...