One of the most uncomfortable facts about Jesus is that He is not safe. C.S. Lewis portrayed Jesus as a wild lion in his famed, ‘The Chronicles of Narnia,’ and he said about the lion: “He is not safe, but He is good.” Jesus is not safe in that He does not fit into a box. […]

Deuteronomy 8:2-3–And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not […]

My daughter, Serrie, just turned 8 this week, and we threw a small birthday party for her at our house. With all the aunts and uncles and grandparents around her, I must say, she received an embarrassing amount of gifts from them. If I were her, I would be very uncomfortable with those gifts because I […]

Genesis 4:6-7–The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7  If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”     I am sure there […]

Feeling overwhelmed? In over your head on that assignment? Feeling like the wrong man/woman for the job God has given you to perform? You are probably in the right place. Will God ever ask us to do something that He knows we can’t do? Of course! He does it all the time! This is a difficult […]

Psalm 27:13-14 13 I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! 14  Wait for the Lord;  be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!  Looking back on the things you have been through in your life can be a double-edged sword at times.  One moment you […]

I watched a movie in which a father does good things for his estranged son but hides his identity from him. He doesn’t want to reveal his relationship with the boy for fear that he might cause him pain, but he’s constantly watching over and meeting his needs as he sees fit. That’s is an earthly father’s […]