At the end of every semester I am inundated with emails, messages, and urgent requests from students. Here are some actual examples from this semester: “I should have read the syllabus more carefully. Im gonna be honest the reason why i was absent so many times is due to the…
“Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! 2 Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!” Ps. 32:1-2 (NLT) As I look around, I see so many hurting people-…
“God has a purpose for each one of us, a work for each one to do, a place for each one to fill, an influence for each one to exert, a likeness to His dear Son for each one to manifest, and then, a place for each one to fill…
Recently one of our contributors, Katie Sweeting, referred to Isaiah 30’s references to the “quietness and trust” (verse 15 NIV) God wants us to have amid our frazzled lives. That entire chapter has been on my mind for several weeks. In the next verses Isaiah talks about the Israelites running…
There’s something nostalgic about stumbling on an old rusted out truck in the woods. When you stop to think about it, though, it’s actually sad that it was abandoned and left useless with no way of getting out of its situation. What a miserable way to spend life – not…