Someone has said, “Sometimes our circumstances don’t add up to the dream we have envisioned, but that never means God isn’t with us.” (original source unknown) Consider this in view of the life of Joseph. He had a dream. (Genesis 37:5-7) Actually, Joseph had … [Read more...] about GOD’S VISION!
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SCHEDULED!
Sometimes someone will say, “I will pencil you in.” What is expressed with that is the appointment or notation is not fully confirmed. The hope may be for it to be so, but at the moment it is noted tentatively or temporarily. Writing with a pencil provides the ability to later change or erase what has been written; the … [Read more...] about SCHEDULED!
PRAYERFUL PERSPECTIVE!
On the cross, Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) As Peter later acknowledged, they and the leaders had acted in ignorance (Acts 3:17); at the time they truly did not realize what they were … [Read more...] about PRAYERFUL PERSPECTIVE!
STOP TO LISTEN!
Following the losses Job had experienced and then with the second blow to his own personal health, he had friends who came to comfort him. These friends quietly sat with him -- “no one spoke a word to him” -- for seven days because of his great suffering. (Job 2:13) At the end of those first seven days, … [Read more...] about STOP TO LISTEN!
REASONABLE EXPECTATION!
“Que Sera, Sera” was a song released in 1955 sung by Doris Day. It means -- as the song relates -- “Whatever Will Be, Will Be”. As reflected in the lyrics of the song, the future is not ours to see. Though, as Christians, we can know what our end will be, we do not know what all may be ahead to be experienced as we go … [Read more...] about REASONABLE EXPECTATION!
