Simple Truths From Numbers 13:23-14:1-4, 28-30, 44-45 The children of Israel had recently been released from hundreds of years of bondage in Egypt by God. They’ve seen miracles of God with the plagues, with the way the Egyptians gave them the riches they would need to build and furnish the tabernacle, providing manna in the... Continue Reading →

Have you ever been driving and come upon a speed bump unexpectedly? Even in a residential area, depending on the height of the bump, it tosses everything in the car, driver and passengers included, around a bit. Sometimes a lot.  There is a speed bump I drive over several times a week as I pick... Continue Reading →

Galatians 6:1-10 (1) Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.(2) Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.(3) For if a man think himself to be something, when he is... Continue Reading →

1 Kings 6:7- “And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.” Imagine the feat of engineering that required! Not only did they... Continue Reading →

“If you can't be told, you have to feel." Part deux. Which simply means, if words alone aren't enough to warn you away from poor behavior or choices, then you'll have to feel the consequences, which may include punishment, in order to learn. But what happens when you are beyond even feeling? Ephesians 4:18-19 (18)... Continue Reading →

2 Kings 18:4“He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.” God provided a tool to Moses so the children of... Continue Reading →

I am clumsy. I thought I had been getting better about it until recently. I went to talk with someone outside, and forgot about a sewer block, tripped over it, and scraped myself up pretty well. (Thank you flip flops!) Yep- it hurt. In several places. And the recovery process was ugly. There was seepage... Continue Reading →

We watched a somewhat scary movie last night, and as I climbed into bed I was reminded of when I was scared as a child and hid my feet under the blankets. [I may or may not have done that last night too...] It was a defensive move meant to protect myself from the 'bad... Continue Reading →

In 2 Kings 22 we find that Josiah has been made king at the ripe old age of eight. In his eighteenth year he began to make repairs to the house of God, and in that process, the book of the law was found.  Not only did Josiah repent and grieve that they had not... Continue Reading →