No way! God will wipe away all our tears, right? And yet I hear someone crying. Oh, it’s John! “I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.” Why was John crying? That scroll contained the Judgment of God that would undo Evil and bring … Read more
“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.” Psalm 84 assumes that on … Read more
Is there a human being alive who doesn’t have a few? “If only I had made that call…paused to think before sharing that opinion…ignored the urge to blow up…” on and on. Regrets can become instruments of torture in the hands of the Enemy. They can wake us in the middle of the night with … Read more
Jesus wept. The shortest verse in the Bible. The psalmist gives a prophetic glimpse of His tears in Psalm 6. Have you ever felt like this? “I am weary with my groaning; all night I soak my pillow with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping.” (Psalm 6:6). We know that Jesus often prayed … Read more
The disciples must have been beyond exhaustion. After helping Jesus feed thousands with a miraculous picnic on the shores of Galilee, they set out in their fishing boat to cross the sea. They had been battling this storm for over nine hours. What had become of Jesus ? He’d insisted that they start across the … Read more
Some 2800 years ago, long before the Pilgrims landed in America, a very nervous King Jehoshaphat found himself in the temple of the Lord, pleading for the life of his nation. The reports were terrifying – pagan armies were approaching, vastly outnumbering the army of Judah. The destiny of God’s people was at stake. So … Read more
Something woke me at 3 AM today, and I struggled to get back to sleep, as I sometimes do. Thoughts and concerns tumbled through my head as I lay prey to a dozen worries. “Quiet down!” I told myself. This is no way for a believer to spend the night. That only made things worse. … Read more
I just learned something new about horses from a friend who is an avid horsewoman. She told me that these beautiful animals are trained to do something called “spooking in place”. “What is that?” I asked. I’d never heard the term. “Well,” she explained, “when a horse startles, his first instinct is to bolt and … Read more