This morning I woke up with a different perspective on life. I have often heard people say that life is a gift. But this morning, for the first time, it really seemed that way. God has created us as eternal beings, then he gave us this existence on earth as a temporary gift to see
Sometimes on pretty days I like to take my lunch and go to the park. Yesterday was such a day. I sat in my car with the windows down, munching on lunch and enjoying the view out the front windshield. My peaceful gaze at nature was suddenly interrupted by an intruding wasp that flew in
There is a saying about how the early bird catches the worm. But if that is true, what does the early worm catch? His last meal before the early bird shows up? I was thinking about this today while driving in to work after a cold night. Winter decided to show its frosty head one
I was reading some news headlines the other day and saw a clip from the Washington Post. It said: “For the first time, scientists have grown an embryo that is part-pig, part-human. The experiment, described Thursday in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo
I have been thinking about worship lately. If you lump it all together and define it as love / devotion / adoration, then it just might be the only thing we can give to God that he cannot take or get without us. Everything else is under God’s sovereign control. He owns everything. He even
Dear Father, help us to love completely, give freely, and rejoice abundantly.
It is supposed to rain tomorrow. After 42 days of dry weather and warm sunshine, I am looking forward to the rain. Tomorrow there is a near 100% chance of gray skies, rain drops, mud, soggy shoes, and humid damp basements… and it will be wonderful. I’m tempted to plan a picnic lunch tomorrow just
This past Saturday, my son brought home a little puppy who is quickly wagging and nipping her way into our hearts. Last night we elected a new president. It’s bizare to think about, but I wonder which of the two events that happened this week will effect my life more? Of course I know the
My hero of the Fall is the Spider Lilly. They shoot up from the ground, bursting forth with color and life when everything else is drying up and hiding from the coming winter. As I get older, I notice a tendency to want to sink in my cocoon and hide from the world at times.
I’m sitting on a plane, waiting on a guy to finish making a repair, so we can take off. He’s “fixing” the problem with . . . tape. It doesn’t even look like duct tape. It looks more like packing tape. Is it just me, or would it make you nervous to fly on a