Time Waiting on God is Never Time Wasted
With our worldly wisdom, we come up with creative solutions to difficult problems.
Abraham was 100 years of age when the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. She bore a son to Abraham (Gen 21:2). In my life, waiting on the Lord has often times not been very different. I pray about a situation and wait for an answer from God. But my impatience gets the... Continue Reading
How To Be Less Miserable
He is strong enough to reverse anything and undo any misery that comes your way.
When you feel like your misery and difficulty is hopeless, when you feel like giving up, when you feel like praying would be useless because there simply is no way out of your miserable and desperate situation, then cry out to the Lord. Remember God is mighty to save, he makes all things new, he is... Continue Reading
Our Grumbling Puts God on Trial and Finds Him Guilty
Grumbling—all grumbling, including yours—is toxic.
Grumbling grows because it hardens our hearts. Grumbling presumes to put God to the test. It scrutinises God. It questions his goodness. We become the judge and God is in the dock. Grumbling puts God on trial and finds him guilty. “He has failed to deliver the life I want … I deserve more than... Continue Reading
Listening at Home
Family life thrives on thoughtful listening.
Notice the virtue of listening in Proverbs 20:5: “The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.” The goals and motivations of the human heart are not easily discovered. The patience, skill, and ability of an understanding person are required to draw out those deep waters.... Continue Reading
More Reasons Not to Abort Babies That Are Going to Die
Women who continued their pregnancies despite a lethal fetal diagnosis did not regret giving birth.
Evidence suggests that almost all women [97.5%] do not regret giving birth, even if their baby is doomed to die, and that abortion in such cases leads to less positive outcomes. A 2018 article from the Journal of Clinical Ethics, entitled “‘I Would Do It All Over Again’: Cherishing Time and the Absence of Regret in Continuing... Continue Reading
Being Schooled on Being a Neighbor
See difficult providence as a new way to serve the Lord.
The Spirit of the Lord used Scripture to ignite in Gail a new sense of purpose and calling as a widower. Without realizing it, Gail has been teaching me three key lessons regarding what it means to be a Christ-like neighbor. By God’s grace, Gail began to see that the energy, time, and resources he... Continue Reading
Your Tears Are Not in Vain
God has the most power to help and should be consulted first.
When my little man cries I have a deep affection and longing for him to get better. And that’s coming from me, a sinner. The perfect Father’s love is flawless and beyond measure. Often in those painful moments of life, God is sanctifying us. He cares too much for us to remain like we are... Continue Reading
One Trait That Links Geniuses Like Jobs, Franklin, Edison, and da Vinci
For leaders, curiosity results in finding new solutions by learning from people and areas you would not have learned from otherwise.
“Creative geniuses” share one common trait—curiosity. They don’t limit themselves to one discipline or field of study. They throw themselves into many and find the connections between them. While the vast majority of us, myself included, will not be declared a “creative genius” or have a biography written about us, we can benefit from being... Continue Reading
A Little Story About Repentance
I went a new way, walking in the direction of the voice.
Why would I choose a different way when I could instead walk on, as I had been, using my senses to guide me to the next step and direction? But there was the voice again. Insistent this time. “Turn…” I glanced over my shoulder again to see the speaker but found, again, only darkness. It was maddening.... Continue Reading
Relentlessly Call Abortion What It Really Is
Legalized abortion is an evil that occurs and is tolerated because of deceptive words.
You won’t hear the street marchers chant, “We will fight for the right to kill our children!” Because calling abortion what it is might awaken uneasy consciences out of a euphemistic stupor to realize that millions of the most defenseless human beings on the planet are being denied the self-evident, Creator-endowed human right to life. Abortion... Continue Reading
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