A Long Way Home
I love Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (NIV). These words bring such hope to …
I love Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (NIV). These words bring such hope to …
Our first home as newlyweds was a full day’s drive from my parents’ house and even farther from that of my in-laws. Each of my husband’s promotions only increased the distance. It didn’t seem like a big deal at first. …
I love Psalm 18 – until I get about a third of the way through, anyway. David is desperate in this poem. He describes feeling as though he’s entangled, coiled in seaweed, sinking to the deepest part of the ocean. …
I keep looking at those twelve loaves sitting on the Table of Showbread in Exodus 37:10-16. (Some of you may know I’ve been studying the Tabernacle lately.) I know the bread represents the nation of Israel – all its twelve …
It wasn’t easy to be a prophet. It was a thankless job that often got tomatoes (or worse) thrown at you. People didn’t want to hear about repentance, they wanted to believe that everything was hunky-dory, even when they knew …