Thursday, July 11, 2024
It’s no surprise that the Bible teaches us how to pray, but what the Bible teaches us to pray might shock you. David is called a man, “after God’s own heart” (Acts 13:22), so it seems fitting that he’s recorded as praying Psalm 40 with the opening line, “I waited patiently for the LORD to… Read more
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Even before I knew a lot about the Bible I was always drawn to the Psalms. Not only is it smack dab in the middle, so the Bible naturally opens to it, but it is also full of people with real feelings and real problems crying out to God. That’s something I could immediately relate to and… Read more
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
When we were expecting our first child, my husband and I decorated the nursery with a Winnie-the-Pooh theme. Of course, then our daughter received all the books and stuffed animals as gifts! What I hadn’t realized before rereading the books to her, was that each of the characters in Winnie-the-Pooh taught about different ways of approaching… Read more
Monday, July 8, 2024
I just returned from a trip to Italy. Florence, Rome, Pisa, Sorrento, Pompeii. All these locations were breathtaking. It is a surreal moment when you can stand on a high point and overlook an entire ancient city. And to think some people live there and see what we vacationers dream of seeing every day. In… Read more