Three Days on Straight Street
Since reading this passage, I’ve often wondered about the significance of Straight Street in this story, as if it were a metaphor for Paul’s new path. The straight and narrow path Jesus put him on. Not an easy one, but one He embraced like the “zealot” he was at heart.
Escape to Jesus
Psalm 46:10 "Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." During the last three weeks, I’ve been trying to escape a terrible cold everyone around me seemed to have. At home, it started with my son, then...
Slowing Down to Say Thank You
This is a post for Five Minute Fridays Link-up. It’s a five-minute free write using the prompt provided by our host Kate Motaung. This week the prompt is TABLE. In Exodus 25:23-30 the author describes the table of showbread. A very special table, constructed to...
Going After God
Pursuing God, really going after Him, seems like a daunting task. He’s God! All-knowing and all-seeing. Oh! One more thing, He’s everywhere at all times. If God is everywhere at all times, why would I pursue Him? He is already with me. Right? Ever ride public...
Bigger Plans
At the beginning of every year, I used to review my desk calendar and plan all the vacation days I could expect to enjoy. It gave me something to look forward to. Days off etched in stone, and I wasn't very happy if anything messed with my vacation plans. Well, I...
Fix Your Thoughts
So, what’s your story? Gee, I don’t know if I want to share my story. It’s not always a happy one but, come to think of it, there are many happy stories within my story. Why not concentrate on those? Maybe I need to fix my thoughts. No, my thoughts aren’t broken, but...
Today I Will Trust God for Everything.
The older I get the more urgent these things become.
Don’t Rush Relationship-Building
Developing a daily discipline (2 Timothy 1:7) of talking to God and landing on an identity statement was completely Spirit-led. I believe, wholeheartedly that God drew me to Himself in a time of need and a relationship developed. It can happen to you too.
Before Jesus
Something happened that night in the glow from the TV screen. I heard His voice, like a whisper deep in my heart. Come to me and I will give you rest.
Courage, My Friend
Going through this process of discovering who God says we are, what He thinks of each of us, and why we can trust what He says in scripture is powerful stuff.