John 4 The Samaritan woman at the well is known for having many husbands and Jesus calling her out on it. She is never named or described. I wonder if she had made choices that led her down a path of loneliness and gossip. Or did life’s circumstances…
Isaiah 40:28-31 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power…
Psalm 13 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? Waiting is hard. Sometimes waiting is downright painful, heart-wrenching, aggravating, and heart hardening…
Revelation 21:5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” In wanting to teach my children about metamorphosis, I had read that you can feed butterflies by…
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers…
Psalm 145:13-20 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all he has made. The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. The eyes of…
Psalm 55 For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. but it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend The promise to love, honor…
John 2:4 Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come”. This passage, for me, is a massive turn of events, not only for Jesus, the disciples, and the servants but for Mary also. I always felt like…
Acts 2 Then Peter stood up… Before I BELIEVED in Jesus, I believed in Jesus…because I believed in Jesus. I didn’t live as I believed, but if you asked me and it was safe by golly, I would shout it from behind my closed bedroom door…
Recently, I was reminded of an encounter I had in my office with a young person a couple of years ago. (It doesn’t matter if this person was male or female because we all have dealt with mean, hateful people.) There was an inner sadness in this young…
