Genesis 12:10-20 Part 2 Lessons from my Toolbox In my attempt to “help” others , I am always trying to make the edges of everyone’s life smoother, gluing and pounding together brokenness, when I find it. Tonight, I could not sleep trying to figure out a “fix-it” for someone I love dearly. Then in Genesis […]
I Samuel 19 Part 1 Lessons from my Toolbox I am a helpful person. I can’t help it. I have an uncontrollable urge to help. If I see a stranger looking frantically for something in a grocery store, I normally ask to help them look. I must fight the urge to clean everyone’s dishes from […]
I John 3:11-24 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Psalm 91:2 In the Old Testament Israel established “Six Cities of Refuge” . The cities had a dual purpose. They were safe havens for those who had been falsely accused of a […]
Exodus 33 “The journey gets steep. So steep that some of us give up. Some stop climbing. Some just sit down…They have simply stopped walking. They do not change. Prayers will not deepen. Devotion will not increase. Passion will not rise.” -Max Lucado In 1775 Daniel Boone followed an ancient bison path and cut a […]
Exodus 16:15; 14:21-31 “When we come to the cross of Jesus, everything changes-especially our inner selves. Whatever we are accustomed to in our personalities or character, if those qualities don’t line up with Scripture, they must cease. Just because some actions are the norm in your life doesn’t mean that they are right.” -Priscilla Shirer […]
Exodus 13 In the classic film “Gone with the Wind,” there is a scene where Rhett Butler leads a horse-drawn wagon out of the burning city of Atlanta. In one of the grandest movie special effects of all time, you see buildings burning and crumbling, as the horse balks in fear of the path before […]
Exodus 5-6 “The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me’, or ‘Help me.” -Billy Graham God had spoken into the obscurity of a shepherd’s life and gave Moses a […]
What was your favorite Bible story when you were little? Mine was “Jonah and the Whale.”
Leading the children of Israel was hard for Moses. He often struggled with his inadequacy and their ingratitude and disobedience to God.
If there is one word to describe my relationship with my best friend, it is not “speechless.”
