“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so, the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever. Psalm 125:2 In a busy airport the other day a young mother was struggling with her toddler who was throwing a tantrum. He was screaming, kicking, and refusing to board the plane. Needless to say, this…
“Jesus spoke many things in parables, one said, ‘Behold, the sower went out to sow, and some of His seeds fell beside the road.’ In explanation, ‘This kind of ground was like those who were too hardened to accept the truth of My Gospel. So, after a while, Satan came and removed these truths,…
In January 1915, a British ship the Endurance was trapped and crushed in the ice off the coast of Antarctica. In the summer months, temperatures can get as high as 48 degrees, but in the winter which lasts about 6 months, beginning in February, it can plunge to 128 degrees below zero. A group…
Like a mother eagle that stirs up her nest and hovers over the young day and night, so too is the Lord with you. Deuteronomy 32:11, 12 Years ago, when I was young, newly married, and in between jobs I knew a little about waiting on God, but not enough to get me through…
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” (Proverbs 29:18) There is a classic story of two shoe representatives from a company who were sent to a remote region of the world to see if there could be any potential for sales there. The first called back and left a voice mail saying,…
Last summer my wife and I took our two youngest grandchildren to the zoo to see the butterfly exhibit. Connor was about 3, and Elizabeth was eighteen months. In order to get into the exhibit we had to be very careful not to let the butterflies escape. So there were two sets of…
“Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 49:16 A few years ago, my wife Myrna and I walked down the road where Jesus walked on Palm Sunday. To the left of us was the garden of Gethsemane, and in…
Too often when we remember the events of Easter Week, we tend to make a leap from Good Friday to Easter Sunday; straight from crucifixion to the resurrection. We skip right over what I call Silent Saturday. I don’t know why this is; perhaps it is because there is more biblical material supporting…