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Flashback Friday – The Devoted Things

Like Gollum and his ring, we try to hold on to things that are supposed to be devoted to destruction as if they were treasures. We foolishly think we can manage them, or compartmentalize them, or even use them for good, but in the end they will control us.

Renounce Your Wish, Gain Your Soul

What would you give up in order to gain your life? In the movie Wonder Woman 1984, Diana (aka Wonder Woman) makes a wish on an ancient artifact, the Dreamstone, which is said to grant the holder whatever they desire. Diana’s wish is to have her old flame, Steve, brought back to her from theContinue reading “Renounce Your Wish, Gain Your Soul”

Flashback Friday – The Mystery of Marriage

Everybody loves a good mystery! The extravagant characters, the plot twists, the suspense! A true page turner that gets our hearts pumping and leaves us wondering how it will all turn out in the end is a literary delight. If we are looking for an excellent mystery, we have to look no further than theContinue reading “Flashback Friday – The Mystery of Marriage”

Flashback Friday – A Mother’s Worth

In 2014, Keith and Kristyn Getty released a song entitled My Worth is Not in What I Own. It examined the gauntlet of things we might look to to find our value, such as skills, achievements, and wisdom. (If you haven’t heard this song, I highly recommend listening to it.) As a mom of seven, myContinue reading “Flashback Friday – A Mother’s Worth”

Flashback Friday – The Attributes of God, Part 5: Eternity

“Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.” (Job 36:26) If you could have one superpower, what would it be? If you could bend the laws of nature, what would you do? Move things with your mind like Jean Gray? Bend time like Dr. Strange? Have x-rayContinue reading “Flashback Friday – The Attributes of God, Part 5: Eternity”

Flashback Friday – The Days Between the Dash

Her obituary stopped me dead in my tracks. I didn’t know her at all. I didn’t even go searching for it. In fact, I don’t even get the paper. I just happened to be carefully wrapping my belongings in some borrowed old newspaper for my upcoming move. Thousands of tiny black words leaving their sootyContinue reading “Flashback Friday – The Days Between the Dash”

Flashback Friday – Could I Be a Judas?

“If we let our hearts wander too far, for too long, we may find that we never truly repented and believed in the first place.”

The Attributes of God, Part 6 – Omnipresence

“But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!” 2 Chronicles 6:18 Beyond our ability to fathom, time and space have not always existed. Before these two bedrocks of our being began, there was only God.Continue reading “The Attributes of God, Part 6 – Omnipresence”

Do Everything Without Complaining

“Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world . . .” (Philippians 2:14-15) We are a race of complainers. All we have to do to knowContinue reading “Do Everything Without Complaining”

He Who Began a Good Work

When God created humanity, he made a masterpiece. He sculpted a male body from fine particles of the earth. He fashioned woman’s body from the very substance of man. He gave them interwoven muscles, bones, and sinews to work the ground; a beautiful physique that would inspire poets, painters, and sculptors for ages to come;Continue reading “He Who Began a Good Work”