Jesus is the reason and the season for contentment. We cannot say this strongly enough. We looked at the role of God, the Father, last week. We will look at the role of the Holy Spirit next week. Why are we centering on Jesus, the second person of the Trinity? There...
Yesterday, Jerry was sitting on the screened back porch, listening to Rush Limbaugh’s comments about the Presidential Inauguration. I sat with him a few minutes. Mr. Limbaugh stated that there is a bureaucracy that operates in Washington. Seemingly there are those who...
Why is contentment so rare in human creatures? It seems that the status quo, even for God’s children, is brokenness. This condition is becoming more and more acceptable as a means of relating to others. We can all agree that we live in a world of oppression. The world...
This good news was announced on earth to a few shepherds by a single angel, after which a multitude of angels rejoiced, in praise “to God in the highest.” One of the greatest events on earth took place that night. Can we imagine what was going on in heaven? Could it...
“In the fifth petition we pray that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins, which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by His grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.” Shorter Catechism Forgiveness is a revolving grace that...
"In the fourth petition we pray that of God's free gifts we may recieve a competent portion of the good things of this life and enjoy His blessing with them." Shorter Catechism As one of the most affluent nations in history, Americans live daily in the abundance of...
This week we want to meditate on and pray the third petition for us and our nation. “What do we pray for in the third petition? In the third petition we pray, that God, by His grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things,...
2014 was a year of humility. 2015 was a year of meditation. Last year ended with Jerry in ICU after his heart attack, so he and I spent New Year’s Eve in the hospital. There were no fireworks ~ just the two of us with grateful hearts celebrating life and God’s...
The week before Jerry’s heart attack on December 28, this thought, “If He brings you to it, He will bring you through it” was brought to mind. It was not until after a week in the hospital, and recovering at home, that it surfaced again. Not only through that...