“I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away … People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD. (Amos 4:7-8) We received a postcard from...
Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures …wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds …Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted. (Psalm 148:7-10,13)Outside our first-floor hotel room was a row of bushes that...
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD … (Hosea 10:12) As Paul challenged the believers in Ephesus to stop living like Gentiles (Ephesians 4:17-24), Dave yesterday...
Reading the Facebook posts for Mother’s Day, I was touched by the dozens of postings of praise, thanksgiving, and remembrance my friends directed at their dear mothers, those still living and those who have gone on to their rewards. I know my own mother was pleased with the visit from my...
Wisdom calls out in the street; she raises her voice in the public squares. She cries out above the commotion; she speaks at the entrance of the city gates: “How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you...
The length of our days is seventy years – or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away … Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:10,12) Our first...
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. (Ephesians 3:20-21) What does it mean, exactly, to give God glory, to...
How long, Lord, must I call for help and You do not listen … Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates. (Habakkuk 1:2-3) Irvine Regional Park was a mess the...
Lift up your heads, you gates! Rise up, ancient doors! Then the King of glory will come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty … The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of glory. (Psalm 24:7-10) Easter Sunday proves that Jesus is...
The ransom for a life is costly. (Psalm 49:8) Make time this Holy Week to sit still in the Lord’s presence and ponder the high price Jesus paid to redeem you. He left the glories of heaven and humbled himself by taking on flesh, making himself nothing. (Philippians...