Ronald Meredith, in his book Hurryin’ Big for Little Reasons, tells of a spring night when a quiet moment was suddenly shattered by the honking of wild geese flying across the moon. He ran outside, breathless with awe. And honestly, who wouldn’t be? There’s something about seeing creatures living in the fullness of who they […]
I’ve often been asked, “Why does God test us?” After all, doesn’t God already know everything? If He knows how we’re going to respond, what’s the point of the test? Maybe we’re looking at testing the wrong way. One of the meanings of the word test is to prove. And there’s a difference between testing […]
“If you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.” – Proverbs 2:4-5 When I was in college, I took my study Bible on a weekend trip. When I returned to the dorm, I […]
This world can feel pretty broken sometimes. Heartache. Frustration. Inequality. Injustice. Turn on the news, scroll through your phone, or simply talk to the people around you, and it doesn’t take long to wonder, “How much worse can things get?” I don’t know the answer to that. But there is one thing I do know. […]
Have you ever been embarrassed by your lunch? I have. When I was in third grade, my family didn’t have much. In fact, one of the few things we had in the kitchen was a box of Bisquick. One day, I opened my lunchbox and found something I was sure no one else in the […]
No matter how old you are.No matter how young. No matter how frail, how busy, how overlooked, or how worn down you feel, you are still called. You still have a purpose. There’s a difference between being poor in your circumstances and being poor in your attitude. Some people believe in God but don’t believe […]
Some of the people who shape history never become famous themselves. Anthusa was one of them. She lived in Antioch in the fourth century and was widowed when she was only 20 years old. Rather than remarry, she devoted herself to raising her two children. One of those children was John Chrysostom. John would grow […]
Whether we realize it or not, we are all hungry for God. The problem is that most of us don’t know how to satisfy that need. We tend to spend our lives searching for something to satiate our inner hunger. One way of satisfying our need for God is by studying the Bible. It has […]
Did you know the average household has three Bibles? According to the American Bible Society, that doesn’t mean anyone’s reading them. In fact, research from LifeWay shows that more than half of Americans have read very little or none of the Bible. A third never pick it up on their own, and less than a […]
Joyce Urch and her husband, Eric, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in a way neither of them could have imagined. Twenty-six years earlier, Joyce had lost her sight to a hereditary disease. During those years, she came to know her five children, twelve grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren by the sound of their voices and the […]
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