“And they worshipped him, but some doubted” (Matthew 28:17). The Bible tells us that after the resurrection of Jesus, his appearance was changed. We can imagine a glorified body that had been through death and then resurrected victorious by God the Father would have been transformed from its former state. Whatever one believes about the …
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Why Don’t You Ask?
Why Don’t You Ask? I suppose my love of pen and paper and notebooks began in early childhood. I was reminded the other day of a notebook I wanted when I was about 4 or 5 years old. This notebook resided on an aisle at Rose’s department store, and I would look at it each …
Slow to Speak
Predictive text – do you love it, or hate it? Sometimes I am thankful for it, but sometimes it’s annoying. It often tries to correct you when you are purposely spelling something a certain way, like a name, for instance. And sometimes it won’t give you the right choice for the word you are actually …
Declare His Glory
“O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. There go the ships and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it” Psalm 104:24-26 Being …
Over All
In the information age, we want answers. The demand for information is insatiable, and we seem to want, and in many cases can get, almost instant access to news and other details about a situation, even if the news is just beginning to break. If facts are not forthcoming in a timely manner on a …
Little Bird
Little Bird I had an object lesson at Home Depot the other day. At the entrance, I pulled out a cart (or buggy, as we say in the South), from a string of carts, and immediately a whooshing sound startled me. A small bird flew out from behind the carts toward the huge electric entrance …
Live Out Love
“I will show you a still more excellent way” (1 Corinthians 12:31). If you have trusted in Christ, then you are a part of his Body. Like our physical bodies, this Body has many parts, but all function together, each doing its job. If one member suffers, all suffer together. This is easy to understand …
Parent or Guardian Required
Forms are a part of life, beginning in childhood. I remember all the school and medical forms of various kinds which had to be signed “by parent or guardian.” I think being adopted must have made me more sensitive to the distinction between parent and guardian, and I remember the feeling of discomfort that some …
Worship
Many great thinkers through the ages have said the following in various iterations: “Something must be worshipped.” Something will be worshipped. It will either be the Sacred or the secular. It will either be the Creator or the creation. It will either be the Savior or the State. Something will be worshipped. Something will be at …
Speak Truth
Always seek to speak the truth, especially to yourself. I once knew a girl who sang on a praise team – she said when she first started singing, she wasn’t even sure if she believed the words. But the more she sang the truth, the words with the power to transform, the more she started to believe …
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