I wrote this post in April, 2011 after Alabama suffered from a severe tornado outbreak. In light of what has happened in Moore, OK, I thought I would share it again. Third Day’s song “God of Wonders” gives me chill bumps every time I hear it. As a former science teacher, I have studied the wonders…
We have been considering the year of Jubilee – the 50th year in a series of 7 sets of 7 Sabbatical years found in Leviticus 25. In my last post, we learned that it was a time when debts were forgiven, slaves were set free, and liberty was proclaimed throughout the land (Lev. 25:10). You…
Ok dear friends – I need you to hang with me on this post. God has been prompting me to write about the Year of Jubilee as I have been studying the book of Deuteronomy. After a conversation today with one my best girlfriends about this very thing, I had to be obedient to God’s…
Most of us are very familiar with the story of the Prodigal Son who chose to leave the comfort of his father’s house to live it up in the world. He asked for his inheritance, hit the road to Splitsville, and spent his inheritance on “loose living” (Luke 15:13). After the Prodigal’s money (and friends)…
Remember taking all those tests in school? I surely would not want to go back and experience the “test anxiety” from any part of my school experience! As an educator, I know one of the purposes of testing is to make sure the students fully understand the material. Tests, in most cases, are not the…
No – I am not trying to sell you a laundry detergent that was promoted by the late pitchman, Billy Mays. I want to tell you about some of the most power-packed verses in the whole Bible! They are so power-packed that KaBoom is the best word that I can think of to describe it….
Baby boomers, Gen Xers, and now the Millenials. These are all titles researchers have given to various generations down through the years. Personally, I am a Gen Xer, born somewhere between 1965-1979 (I will let you guess where, LOL). My husband, who is just a few years older than me, is a baby boomer (1946-1964)….
Sometimes sin takes us by surprise. We may get slammed out of no where with a temptation and we just fall right into Satan’s snare. But on other occasions – many occasions – we walk right into sin knowing the whole time it is wrong. The story of Aaron in Exodus 32 is an example of…
I absolutely think the book of Isaiah is beautiful. The words that God inspired Isaiah to speak in many cases are extremely poetic. However poetic the book may be, it is a book of prophecy filled with warnings to the straying Children of Israel – warnings that we should heed as well. Isaiah 55:6 gives…
Have you ever seen a married couple and asked yourself, “How in the world did they end up together?” Sometimes couples can seem so polar-opposite that it leaves us scratching our head to how they could live under the same roof! Such is the case of Abigail and Nabal, a couple we read about in…