Have You Lifted Lately?

 

“To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.” Psalm 25:1
The Hebrew word  for “lift” is interestingly similar to the word for our space exploration program, NASA.  Of course it is just a coincidence since NASA is an acronym.  However, both are involved in “lifting” something; one in lifting men and machines to space; the [...]

Devotional “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”

Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.
The Stones have made a mint with this song and caused the phrase, “I can’t get no satisfaction,” to forever be associated with their melody when it comes to our minds.  However, the concept is [...]

In Whose Ear Does God Whisper?

Ps 25:14    “The secret of the Lord belongs to those who fear Him.”
“Shhhh, want to hear a secret?”
Those words quickly get our attention.  We like to hear secrets.
You probably had secrets as a kid.  Maybe it was a secret hideout, a special code, a first crush, or your favorite fishing hole.  There was NO way [...]

An Example of Wackiness, Love, and Faith

1 Timothy 4:12 “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”
Aunt Lavon would do wacky things.  She was fun-loving, always had a smile, and was a deeply caring person.
For many years as a child I just knew her [...]

Pet Store Tragedy (not really)

The squirming mouse had no idea what was coming.  It was lying on the sandy floor of a dragon lizard’s cage underneath the bright light.  It was feeding time and a handful of tiny pink mice had been tossed this cage. In the blink of an eye, a bearded dragon lizard lunged forward and bit [...]

To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before

Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows his handiwork.”
Captain Kirk was fighting Klingons when I would come home after school as a youth.  The Enterprise was exploring the vastness of space.  And Spock was using his Vulcan powers to defeat hostile aliens.  I remember I couldn’t wait until Star [...]

Fisherman and Jesus Make Good Company

Matthew 4:19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 
Our family is a fishing family.  I think we have stinkbait in our blood.  Or blood in our stinkbait; I’m not sure which.  We just love to fish.  My grandfather and father passed on the fishing gene to me.  Although [...]

What do Moses, Monkeys, and Mastiff’s Have In Common? (Think Charlton Heston)

What do Moses, Monkeys, and Mastiffs have in common?
They were all in movies starring Charlton Heston or at least Heston’s voice.
Heston died at 84 this week and left us a rich heritage of film work.  Among other characters, he played Marc Antony, Moses, Buffalo Bill, Ben-Hur, Michelangelo, Sherlock Holmes and the pirate Long John Silver. [...]

“Who Dun It?”

 
 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
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Stephen King, Nancy Drew, Monk, and CSI: what do they all have in common?  Mystery.  We love mysteries.  That’s [...]

Job, Job, How does your garden grow?

Job 38: 27 ….(who) causes to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
We were sifting our fingers through the soil and filling peat pots.  My wife, oldest daughter and I were planting tomato, pumpkin, watermelon and flower starts.  After digging little holes in the earth we dropped in the seeds; the melon and pumpkin seeds were [...]