A life-time pet owner, the value of animals in our lives resonates in my heart. From childhood lessons of caretaking and responsibility to the comfort of unconditional love, pets have blessed me over the years. Expanding on that potential with purposeful planning excites me! Blending Christian faith and values with ...
Read More »When We Don’t Understand the Bible
“Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.” 1 Samuel 15:3 In this story in 1 Samuel, Saul was to go and wipe out the Amalekites–every man, ...
Read More »The Many Attributes of God’s Character
God is good. He can only be good. All He does is done with good intention, even the most fearful situation we can imagine is intended for good, and God will not put us through it, if it is not beneficial to us. “All things work together for good to ...
Read More »The Pleasure of Sin
There really is pleasure in sin—for a time. It lures us in, making promises it knows it will never keep. It thrives on rationalization and justification. It tells us we will be the one to get by with it. Sin would not be an issue if it came to us ...
Read More »How God Brings Good from Trials
God orders our steps and uses all the circumstances of our lives to mold us into the image of His Son. How does this work? Because God knows everything we will do in our lives, since He sees our lives, not as a one-dimensional picture, but as a panoramic picture ...
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