Maybe That Barrier is Shorter Than it Looks
Concrete is a bear to get through. I can hear the sound of the surf on the other side. I can smell the salt and feel the sand under my toes but my journey has been blocked. I can see the other side through a little drainage tube cut into the concrete. It’s certainly nothing […]
Faith Like a Fountain
The fountain doesn’t care about my schedule. I’m sitting on a bench, barefoot in the sun as I bask in the feeling of the warm rays on my skin and the cool grass between my toes. In front of me is the tall stone fountain that caught my eye the first time I came to […]
How to Know the Heart of God
“This is why I don’t do hiking.” The day was beautiful, with clear skies over the shadow-filled canyon; the perfect day for an excursion into nature. I was staying at a friend’s house in the hills of northeast Georgia, and Taluah Falls Gorge had been calling my name all week. Apparently, flatlanders like me get […]
Perspective Changes Everything
I really, really enjoyed raking the leaves. The air was chilly and dry, with a bright winter sun overhead as the swooshing of the rake filled the silence of the morning. Little piles of crunchy, paper-thin tree droppings started to stack up all around me, and I smiled as it struck me: I really, really […]
Patience Can Multiply Your Blessing
Do you ever get tired of waiting for God’s promises to be fulfilled? “By faith [Abraham] went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.” -Hebrews 11:9 How curious that even though Abraham was walking in the […]
What Christmas Means to Me
I have no presents to open today. Don’t take that the wrong way. Our family exchanged gifts a few nights ago when my brothers and sisters-in-law were in town, so it’s not like I lost my ticket for the goodie train this year. But, since the gift-giving is done, this morning will bring no fantastic […]
Jesus is Calling You Forward to Freedom
Do you ever feel “the darkness” trying to drag you back? “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay; but my righteous one shall live by […]
God Has a Greater Reward for You
Do you ever wish you were more “near to God?” “whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” -Hebrews 11:6b When I look at the world, it’s not hard to believe God exists. The order, the beauty, the wonder of His creation is an […]
The Silver Thread
When I was a boy, I once let go of a helium balloon, just to see what would happen. There it went, floating up, up, slowly and silently, gently making its way skyward until it disappeared in the cobalt blue of an open Texas sky. It was beautiful. I could not explain what happened, because […]
Remember the Past, and Have Hope for the Future
Today is Pearl Harbor Day. “On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941 America’s naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by the forces of the Empire of Japan. The attack sank four U.S. Navy battleships and damaged four more. It also damaged or sank three cruisers, three destroyers, one minelayer and damaged 188 aircraft. More […]
