The Sinister Accuser

As an accuser of God’s people, Satan can disguise himself as the Holy Spirit and bury us in a quagmire of moral confusion.  He can make us feel good when we should feel guilty and make us feel guilty when we should be at peace.
Zechariah records an incident that displays the accusation of Satan:
Then he [...]

May All Your Weeds Be Wildflowers!

Spring break is over.  Dad has gone back to work, all the kids back to school and I am here in my daily spot, trying to blog something inspirational.  It’s back to everyday life…well,…except for the flowers!
I love flowers!  Grape hyacinths are coming up throughout the yard, yellow jessamine is taking over the fence, and [...]

This Easter Weekend

Isaiah lived between 740 and 680 B.C., 700 years before the Son came to earth to suffer and die for our sins, it was accurately prophesied of what He would endure…
David wrote Psalm 22 which begins, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?”  David reigned around 1000 B.C.  Approximately 1000 years before the birth [...]

The Secret of Contentment

We’ve been looking at houses with land online.  From acres of woods with a small clearing and a barn, to the formal drive and majestic oaks leading to the house of our dreams, we’ve been looking…again.
We get this itch every few months.  We desire to move away from the city and enjoy the great outdoors.  When we visit [...]

Telling the Truth

I was so glad to graduate from college!  I didn’t think I would ever write another paper…and here I am writing a blog.  Of course, it’s much easier to research with the world at your fingertips and no more correction tape.  But I remember the feeling of relief that I would not have any more [...]

A Giant Among Us

Have you ever read, Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag?   I read it years ago in an effort to understand my brother-in-law.  He is a giant and quite stoic.   Swedish.  He comes from a small rural town in Nebraska.  See the connection?  Not an exact parallel but very similar. 
After reading the book, I understood [...]

A Day of Mourning

 Thousands Mourn Slain Seminary Students
Enormous crowds gathered this morning in Jerusalem for the funerals of the eight students murdered last night in a terrorist attack at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.  The identities of the slain were released late last night:
Doron Mehereta, 26, of Ashdod
Ro’i Rote, 18, of Elkanah in Samaria (Shomron)
Yonadav Haim Hirschfeld, 19, of [...]

Atheism is On the Rise

Atheism is on the rise, according to Psychology Today.  I concur, according to my time in the blogosphere.  It seems people are fed up with biblical counsel and want to be the master of their own “destiny.”  Notice this excerpt concerning the deconversion of clergy,
The spiritual struggles of ministers and priests and rabbis remind us that, amid encroaching fundamentalism, atheism [...]