El-Roi.  That’s His Name.  He is the God Who Sees.  (El-Row-Hee) This is a name given to Him by a foreign slave who was pregnant with her master’s son and despised and abused by her master’s wife.  She had run away because she was feeling abused. Think about it – put yourself in her shoes.  She was a slave.  She had to do whatever she was told.  Even submit to her master’s bed.  He was in his late 80s or...

On Monday, I wrote about perspective. There are some things that are harder to consider changing our perspective about – harder to understand – harder to really come to terms with. As human beings, we want everything to fit nicely into a little box that makes sense for us – and everybody else. We want to take God’s Word and make it fit into what we believe or understand about God. But God is far bigger than our tiny perspectives and...

Last night Curly and I picked up some Chinese for supper.  Our local Chinese restaurant makes the BEST fried dumplings – and we all enjoyed a fun supper at home.  But while we were getting back into the car, I noticed a dead sparrow on the ground.  I pointed it out to Curly and said it looked like a baby sparrow.  She got right up to it and looked and expressed some sadness. When we got back into the car, I asked her how many birds she...

III John 1:4 – I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. As my “normal” brain has returned since Little Man was born, I’ve slowly been made aware of my IMMENSE need for God in my life.  In every day.  In every hour.  In every moment. Listening to audio recordings, reading articles and blog posts, and in my daily Bible reading – I’ve been so convicted as deep roots of wilfulness in...

I was confronted with this question on Sunday, after a really good sermon from our pastor, Dave Pound.  He has been teaching a series on Christian doctrine for several weeks – recently interrupted by the death of his youngest son, Jonathan, from cancer. Last week was his return to the pulpit since Jon’s death in March, and he very openly shared what God has been teaching him & his wife, Sher, through their son’s cancer. ...