When in Israel, this was one of my favorite spots. The garden tomb, and the sign on the door that you see after you see the folded clothes on the empty bench inside the tomb. How many times have I read the angel’s words in Matthew’s account of the women…
Read moreAs we near Easter Weekend at the end of this week, I want to encourage everyone to remember exactly what Jesus said right before His life here on earth came to an end. His last words, after being scourged and hung on a cross to die, were words of forgiveness.…
Read more“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” ~ Zechariah 9:9 (ESV) For years I thought about the people…
Read moreFeel like you’re standing alone? Don’t know where to turn? Gaze up at God, glance at the need and entrust it to His all-wise, all-loving care. He is the Lord, the Most High God who reigns over all. He’s Abba Father when we need fathering. He is All-sufficient in our…
Read moreLike so many others, I had lessons in waiting in line for fuel after Hurricane Michael. As the power outage continued into the second week and then the third, tempers grew shorter and cash and gasoline grew scarce. One day I waited for 45 minutes only to discover that the…
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