For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. —Phil 3:18 Three little words. I looked this verse up with a commentary, and the commentator neglected to even mention them. Even with tears. Paul’s burden for those who do…
“You reap what you sow.” I’m sure we’ve all heard that phrase before. When you read it, which emotions does it stir up inside of you? This may sound odd but until recently I have always mainly thought of that phrase in a negative sense. As in, if you sow something bad you will reap…
This is how to write an epic story: you begin with “once upon a time”, and you finish with “happily ever after.” Whether the middle bits are about a galaxy far, far away, or about a princess rescued and restored, we all learn from childhood that the truly great stories are ones which end with the…
I wanted to say traditional vows at my wedding. I wanted to utter words that had been said by generations before me. I stood in front of family and friends, and promised to love and honour each other, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health. My lips spoke the words that my…
Some people can’t believe God could ever love them because of their past. They’ve been too bad for God to accept or use. They’ve obviously never looked at the lineage of Jesus. In Jesus’ human closet are ancestors who were liars, prostitutes, adulterers, murderers and people who sinned in just about every way imaginable. And…
