David experienced a meteoric rise from shepherd boy to anointed future king, giant slayer, Saul’s son-in-law, popularity of the people, part of the king’s court and warrior. Saul, out of jealousy and a tormented spirit, turned on him, drove him…
Category: Christian Walk
God is my Camel?
You may know the Biblical person of Gamaliel. He was one of the most revered teachers of the law, a rabbi of rabbis, in the early first century. Gamaliel tutored a promising Pharisee named Saul (Paul the Apostle), and also…
Word of the day: Tenebrific
A few weeks back I consulted a thesaurus for some content writing I was doing. On the page was a block that said, “Word of the day: Tenebrific.” I thought, what a lovely word! I must know what it means.”…
When God’s Voice is Like Raisin Bran
Terri has a soft voice. Before we married, Terri accompanied my family to my grandmother’s house in New Orleans. One morning, we were preparing breakfast cereal. My grandmother had purchased a multipack of those little boxes of Kellogg’s cereal. I…
Don’t Lose Your Fluffiness
I love big fluffy towels. Old scratchy towels aren’t pleasant to dry off with for sure. I can find a set of big fluffy, soft towels and buy them, bring them home and put them into use. Over time they…
Your fate is not decided by a coin toss.
January 23, 2022, it is the division round of the NFL playoffs for the 2021 season. The Kansas City Chiefs were playing the Buffalo Bills in a highly anticipated battle to advance to the AFC championship game. The two teams…
Fear Not the Foe
As the year closed, my Bible reading took me across Revelation 13:18, “Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number…
The More You Know Him
I was reading Numbers 27 recently and something spoke to me. God tells Moses to go up on a mountain and look over into the promise land, after which he will die and not get to go in. What struck…
Selective Hearing
I love watching my kids and grandkids interact. The little ones are trying to learn how to be people while the sometimes frustrated parents shape them in the right direction. Myla has developed selective hearing. Recently I observed her busy…
Valley of Blessing
In 1 Chronicles 20, three kings gathered a vast army to march against Judah. Jehoshaphat assembled his people and they sought the Lord. God spoke a word of assurance through one of the men. With this encouragement, Jehoshaphat led his…
