Tag Archives: God’s plan

My sister is getting married in June, and I can hardly wait for the wedding. It isn’t because I’m the maid of honor—even though that’s cool too—it’s because weddings are totally awesome. Marriage is a beautiful thing. It has to be, since God created it. “And he said, ‘This explains ...

“The thief does not come except to steal, kill, and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 (NKJV) We know that God created us and gave us life.  Genesis 1:7 says, “And the LORD God formed man ...

Rejection hurts. We want to be a chosen one.  Do you remember gym classes with team captains who chose members?  If you were not athletic, it was a time of humiliation and rejection.  Then, adulthood delivers more opportunities for rejection: looking for a job, losing a job, finding a mate, ...

You never know what God is going to do in your life.  Isaiah the prophet wrote what became a permanent Old Testament anchor of the faith.  Written between 740 and 680 B.C., Isaiah wrote about Jesus and His death on the cross which was not to happen in Isaiah’s time.  ...

“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.”  Psalm 116:15 (NIV) Death is no stranger in God’s Word and, for the believer, is merely another step in the cycle of transition from earthly life to heavenly life. Death is part of God’s plan. Still, it ...