Why does it seem like disaster or disappointments strike suddenly? That’s what seems to have happened a few years ago to the trainer of the newest Kentucky Derby winner when he lost twenty-three of his horses to a fire caused by lightening. He even thought it might be a sign to abandon a training career altogether. His present horse, Rich Strike, was bought at a low-level claiming race for $30,000. But not all ‘suddenly’ moments are calamitous. The morning of…..
To figure out how God possibly restored any of His cracked copies, I decided to read in Jeremiah 18 about the potter’s shop. That sort of helped. I had to do an online search on pottery making to get the gist of what Jeremiah saw. Even though one of the potter’s hands never leaves the forming clay on his wheel, the clay vessel can still become flawed and unusable. Similarly to how our Father is always there with His right…..
Five months now I’ve lived among stacks of empty boxes. Empty because in my attempt to downsize, I can’t or won’t let go of 46 years of accumulated personal belongings because of the memories attached to them. How do I discard the ‘artistic’ pictures from small grandchildren who may or may not have signed their work but even all these years later, I feel the love they put into every stroke? All the cards received over the years? The paper…..
Because God seems to use certain places for historic events more than once, could Jesus have fulfilled His destiny on the very place Abraham took Isaac and the LORD provided a substitute? Jewish tradition has it all taking place on the Mount of Olives and it is said to this day, “The LORD Will Show Himself on the mountain.” No wonder the Mount of Olives was the main stage of Jesus’ earthly walk. Its summit wasn’t just a great place…..
When a famine gripped the land, a different one from the first famine that occurred in Abraham’s time, Isaac set out to live where God told him. God reminded Isaac of the Covenant He made with his father, Abraham. Because his dad listened to God’s Voice so he could keep His charge, commandments, His appointed customs and His Torah (Teachings), Isaac would be blessed. Then Isaac planted [seed] in that land [as a farmer] and reaped in the same year…..
Our wholehearted commitment to show by the way we live, turning His commandments into deeds, is tested when it seems we are experiencing what Jeremiah saw; a boiling pot ready to spill out its evil [Torah-lessness] over the land. (StT Jeremiah 1:13-14) This last days pot’s ingredients listed in 2 Timothy 3 have been stewing for quite some time making it feel we are dwelling in the midst of Satan’s field. Infected with selfishness, arrogant people will love themselves and…..
Don’t just pretend that you love others: really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good. Love each other with brotherly affection and take delight in honoring each other. (Romans 12:9-13 TLB)
In this century, people try to rid their lawns of the pesky dandelion while others use it to help aerate the earth and help reduce erosion for the reason that its roots break through hard-packed soil. Because of the dandelion’s deep taproots, it can pull up calcium and other nutrients from the soil which actually improves the quality of the soil thus benefiting surrounding plants. In times gone by, dandelion tonics were used for ailments that ranged from warts to…..
In music, many different notes form a chord which together forms a key. There are instruments that are ‘electronically’ keyed. When played together in proper sequence, that ‘key’ unlocks the door to that instrument’s particular circuit, and that instrument only! No other instrument has that same key or is tuned to respond to that same key. And only when that sequence of tones — that key of its music, is played to that particular instrument — only then does that…..
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