This year has been the 3rd year in a row that has been a blur of change, financial stress and broken dreams and broken relationships that have rocked our world both personally and, in our communities, collectively. Those of you who know me well, know I’m a natural optimist and usually can find the…
The Scripture that comes to mind as I read on through Genesis 37 this morning is Galatians 6:7 which says “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” Jacob, the deceiver of his blind father, is now deceived by his own sons. He sends…
A little more this morning regarding the ladder in Jacob’s dream! I never cease to be amazed at how earnest prayer seems to release the mind to enjoy the things of God! How gracious and merciful He is to simple, needy people like me! My mind was turned to a passage of Scripture this…
Genesis 28 tells of a stony pillow and a ladder to Heaven! The “one-liner” that comes to mind as I read this story again this morning is: “Where there is a will there is a relative!” How many families have been fractured beyond repair by the human greed that shows itself when a rich…
As I read through the Bible day by day it becomes clear that the themes presented there are inexhaustible! There are so many directions we could allow our thoughts to take in searching out the thoughts of God, and each direction could be so beneficial! As we read and think about the messages there,…
I love to hear stories of answered prayer that are just too incredible to be coincidences! This morning I’m still pondering a few verses in Exodus 24 and I read there of Abraham’s old servant who has travelled to Haran to find a bride for Abraham’s son Isaac. As he stands beside the well…