Hosea 10:12-13 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you. 13 But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you haveContinue reading “Contrasts”
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Walking Contradiction
Mark 5:6-8 You’ve just concluded a long night of struggling with the sick children. Changing sheets, PJs, washing bathroom floor, carpet, yourself, and being generous with the hugs and wet cloths to the forehead. And then the doorbell rings. At 8:00 on a Saturday morning the ambitious and pushing college age young man isContinue reading “Walking Contradiction”
A Little Cuddle Goes a Long Way
Proverbs 14:26-27 Serving the LORD provides stability for children. What a simple lesson, and yet so rare a quality. It provides the most fundamental needs of children, and adults for that matter. There are many areas where this is true, but here several on which to focus. Our first proverb states that childrenContinue reading “A Little Cuddle Goes a Long Way”