Tag: Bible

A Promise Followed by Waiting

“Do you think we’ll ever get to Canaan, Uncle Abram?” Lot looked from the full moon to Abram. “I have a feeling your grandfather has found his place here, Lot. Why else would he name it after your father?” “It’s as good a place as any, I suppose.” Lot walked back to his tent. Abram… Continue reading A Promise Followed by Waiting

A Judgement Followed by an Action

Noah walked out of his tent to get some fresh air. His steps never felt heavier. He stepped on his shadow to the river. He steadied himself against a tree. When his knees hit the ground he looked up. “You know I never wanted children, God. This world is no place to raise a family.… Continue reading A Judgement Followed by an Action

Have You Lost Any Fridged Digits This Winter Yet?

Fridged Digits…it must be a term I made up while I survived too many Michigan winters growing up. Spell check doesn’t have the word fridged in its records. It’s apparently not from Michigan. I lost track of the number of times I had tears in my eyes while I ran water over my hands to… Continue reading Have You Lost Any Fridged Digits This Winter Yet?

A Warning Followed by Consequences

Cain looked at his brother with contempt. Abel’s bloody hands were raised in worship. Cain lifted a melon over his head. “This is from my field. I till the soil. It’s all I have. Why isn’t it enough?” God’s voice was clear. “He gave the first and best to me.” The melon was hurled to… Continue reading A Warning Followed by Consequences

THE 1ST RECORDED PRAYER

We’re taking a different course than I had planned for this blog. Instead of going through the book of Acts I’ve thought of another theme we can follow through the Bible. It relates to the book I have coming out soon. I’m going to find some prayers in the Bible and analyse them for our… Continue reading THE 1ST RECORDED PRAYER

CHOOSING A REPLACEMENT

Peter looked around the room at the crowd. What seemed like such a large space for a meal with Jesus was now crammed with His followers. A man stood at the door searching until he saw Peter and John. He marched up to them. “I have news of Judas.” “He hanged himself. We know.” The… Continue reading CHOOSING A REPLACEMENT

10 tips to insure your resolutions fail

It’s that time of year again. A new calendar comes out and twelve fresh months invite us in. Fifty two weeks with no mistakes or regrets. So, what do we do? We makes resolutions to improve things in our life. There’s nothing wrong with that. As a matter of fact there’s everything right about that.… Continue reading 10 tips to insure your resolutions fail

SHEPHERDS’ NEWS a classic post

Merry Christmas to any of my peeps reading this on Jesus’s birthday. I’ve decided to dig into my archives to bring you a favorite scene from the stable. You’ll discover when Mary and Joseph learned how the shepherds were told about the Savior. As Mary felt the infant at her breast fall asleep she carefully rolled… Continue reading SHEPHERDS’ NEWS a classic post

I feel sorry for people who don’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ

A week and a half ago I had a spiritual experience that can only come from a personal relationship with God through the atoning work of Jesus Christ. It involved a semi, the stars and a familiarity with the Bible. It began with my agreeing to take another delivery run to west Texas. There were… Continue reading I feel sorry for people who don’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ