2 Samuel 22:7 “In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I cried to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears…” I am amazed that God listens to me. Lately I’ve been struggling to understand how my relationship to and with God works….
Tag Archive: children
The Stories I Tell
Psalm 44:1 For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old. Our fathers have told us. That is one of the most critical roles of a parent…
Stories I Will Tell My Children
I think about the way I learned about the Bible and the stories I’m learning now, and I wonder how to convey everything I’m learning without totally confusing my littles. For example, the story of Adam and Eve has so much more richness and is so much deeper than the traditional story. There are details…
I'm All Grown Up Now
Galations 4:7 Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you. I don’t really have a lot to say about this verse since so much has already been said… but I really like this verse. I like the picture of me as…
Awesome Things
I wanted to post the sermon at my church (Discovery Church) that Jon Tyson “preached” yesterday. It was AWESOME! It was all about grace and how we’ve misinterpreted it, how the church has become known for its hate and intolerance instead of love, and how it’s not by faith that we’re saved but by…
Love Me More
Matthew 10:37 If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine. This is a difficult verse for me. I want to love God more than anything. But…
Please, Please, Pretty Please???
Matthew 6:8 Don’t be like them, because your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! My favorite word here is BEFORE. He knows before we ask anything. The verse before this says that we don’t have to say the same words or make the same request over and over and over…
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
Matthew 2:11 They entered the house where the child and his mother, Mary, were, and they fell down before him and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. I think it’s funny that Jesus is always shown as a little baby in pictures with the…
Micah & Daylight Savings Time
Well, I’m in Micah. I really don’t have much to say… Of course, it’s hard to think or read or do anything when I have little ones who don’t understand the concept of Daylight Savings Time and keep trying to get up and out of bed at 4am and 5am. So, every 15 minutes or…
Mercy
Jonah 3:17 When God saw that they had put a stop to their evil ways, he had mercy on them and didn’t carry out the destruction he had threatened. I think this is the essential message of the Gospels, here in the Old Testament. People repent and God has mercy. God doesn’t want to punish…
