“How many times, Lord?” The young woman rocked back and forth while her whole body trembled. “I don’t know how much more I can take. Lord, you are a good God. Even in my sorrow, I trust you.” She closed her eyes, and silent tears ran like rivers down her cheeks. Her resolve to trust…

The other day, I bought a new coffee mug, and somehow, it got caught by something else on the table, and it flew to the floor. Water, ice, and mug pieces were in a heap, and with a sigh, I scooped up my new mug and everything else and threw it all in the trash.…

The Master distributed talents, to one man ten talents, to another five, then to a third man one talent.   The man with the one talent, went and hid his talent in the ground.  He took his purpose and buried into the soil of disbelief and misbeliefs.  He did nothing with what God had called him…

One of the perks of living in Florida is being a  Universal Studios’ passholder.  But even in a fun place there are certain irritations that can crop up–line ditchers, rudeness, impatience–to name a few.   Recently I spent a few days meditating on 1st Corinthians 13, and especially the way it reads in the Amplified…

 “Come on, everyone. Get those bags packed. We don’t have all day, you know. I want to get as far as we can before the sun goes down.” Lifting bales of hay and throwing them in the wagon, the man smiled. Even though he had sprinkles of grey in his beard, the sparkle in his…