Tag Archives: trust

Jesus said, ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.’  Matthew 5:4 (NIV) Our older Boston Terrier, Ziggy, was my buddy, my pal, my companion.  He followed me around from a wee pup until yesterday morning.  He was 8 1/2 years old.  He was my boy.  The picture ...

Two men, each with a book of the bible named for him, one was “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” one of the inner three. The other was, in God’s own words, “blameless, and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” John was a typical, hard-working fisherman at the ...

Is there anything of value in the bottom of a 150-year-old outhouse? Most imaginations wouldn’t believe so! But several years ago, there was an amazing discovery that has proved quite fruitful… A “privy,” as the outhouse was often called in the 19th century, was used to discard more than, well, ...

God loved His flailing, unbelieving Israel so much that He sent prophet after prophet to speak His plan of rescue into their midst.  All they had to do was believe Him and obey.  All they had to do was grab the proverbial rope and hold on as they were pulled ...

Sometimes taking that first step of faith is hard to do… I’m new around here.  I’m still learning the ropes and trying to figure things out.  It will come quickly, but accepting this position was definitely a step of faith for me.  Why?  I still don’t know quite yet what ...