Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Proverbs 1:8 Growing up, I always viewed this verse as my parents, not in any Biblical terms, harping on me. Do you know what I mean? Sunday my eyes were opened to a new view on “instruction, teaching and correction.” I was introduced to “Blind Spots.” “Heavenly Dad? Definition, please?” Blind...

Deuteronomy 31:8 "It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." I was sharing with Pam at work about my heavy heart for a newly widowed man. In speaking with her, she suggested that maybe some of nuggets that I have gleaned on this, not so fun but necessary, journey could be beneficial to others going through grief....

Verse of the Day There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18 - ESV Wow! Did you see the heavens open up, confetti erupt, and hear angel voices, with trumpets, blaring from above? I felt very close to that, though with slight exaggeration, when I read this verse. Communication and...

2 King 4:2b “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” An almost empty jar of oil that saved two lives and set a widow on the road to financial freedom...that’s all. If someone asked you,”What’s in your house?” Could YOU sum it up in a sentence or two? I couldn’t. I still haven’t unpacked but am living...