Trust–What I Learned from My 2-year-old Grandson

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3, ESV What fun to get to care for two of our grandkids while their mom and dad went off to the hospital to welcome child number three. An exciting time—and an exhausting one. Two children normally quite active became even more so as they anxiously awaited the homecoming of their new[…]

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Phew! Something Stinks!

“Take off the graveclothes.” John 11:44, NIV Have you ever smelled something so raunchy it makes you gag? A skunk who’d let loose? Filthy gym clothes that had been stuffed in a locker for an entire semester? A dead animal? Your spouse? Well, hopefully not your spouse. Have you ever had to send your spouse out of the house because they simply reeked? I have. More than once. (Sorry, Larry,[…]

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So many targets. Which do I aim at?

Getting Your Eyes Back on God’s Target

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV “Lean not on your own understanding”—that’s a tough one. It’s easy to think we have it all together, that we know what we’re doing. But we don’t see the BIG picture that God sees, and that means we[…]

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