Romans 12:9 Don’t just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good. This is an area where my husband really shines, and I wish I could do better. He stands up for what is right all the time, even when it’s not popular or…
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Sing a Happy Song
Zephaniah 3:17 For the LORD your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you with great gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will exult over you by singing a happy song. You know, it’s a little scary to read all the…
Happy Songs
Zephaniah 3:17 For the LORD your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you with great gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will exult over you by singing a happy song. This imagery in this is great, and it tells a…
Jonah, Calamity, & Terrified Sailors
Jonah 1:19 The sailors were awestruck by the LORD’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him. I’d have been pretty awestruck, too. Imagine! There are 10-20 foot waves crashing around your not-so-huge boat. You’ve thrown everything you can into the boiling, churning water in a desperate attempt to stay…
Lions and Liars and Laws, Oh My!
Daniel 6:10 But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. King Darius had just signed a law saying…
The End Times – for Jeremiah
Jeremiah 38:28 And Jeremiah remained a prisoner in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured. I have a couple of thoughts about chapter 37-38. First, why would the Egyptians come to help the Israelites? In chapter 37, Babylon temporarily abandons its siege of Israel because the Egyptian army appears at the…
Just a Thought
Sometimes it’s really hard to be a mommy because I see all these horrible things happening to little children and I picture my children. I imagine my car accidentally running off a bridge and me trying to figure out how to get both my boys to safety. I get haunted by those kinds of things…
Conforming, Conspiracies, and the Fear of God
Isaiah 8:11-14a11 The Lord has given me a strong warning, “Do not think like everyone else does. Do not be afraid that some plan … will be the end of you. Do not fear anything except the Lord Almighty. He is the Holy One. If you fear Him you need fear nothing else. He will…
Because He Said So
Proverbs 23:18 “For surely you have a future ahead of you, your hope will not be disappointed.” I wonder if this is a promise? Right now, I feel a little disappointed by our current state of affairs. But, if I’m fair, we are blessed in that our boys don’t have some terminal disease or something…
