MidWeek Motivation
Even the “Bad Guys”
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV) I love the untainted innocence of children, don’t you? Lately, my kids and I have watched a little of a show that involves police officers…
Good Morning
He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. Isaiah 50: 4 (NIV) Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Mark 1:35 (NIV) I am not a morning…
God and Football
The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Proverbs 13:4 My 7 year old son Justin is the type to put his head down and run like a bull. Some people call that stubbornness and some might call it diligence. I, as his…
Dropping Breadcrumbs
Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take. Jeremiah 31:21 NIV Hansel and Gretel dropped breadcrumbs from their pockets in order to find the way back home. Unfortunately, birds and squirrels ate the tasty morsels, and the poor children were lost. The Israelite children…
Cruel Summer?
Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you—even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through…
It’s All a Misunderstanding
Have you ever been misunderstood? Your intentions misjudged? Your actions or words misread? It’s not a good feeling. Often, we become hurt and defensive. We begin to question and doubt ourselves. It can lead to conflict without and within. In Joshua 22, the twelve tribes of Israel have settled in the Promised…
Pressure and Time
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflet the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 NIV Have you ever stopped to consider how our lives as Christians are comparable to the life of a diamond? It…
Tell-a-Marketer
Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. Psalm 66:16 NIV Brrrriiiiinnngggg! The shrill of the phone interrupts the race across the keyboard as my fingers pour out thoughts. “Hello,” I say in my nicest “you’ve-just-messed-up-my-thought-process” voice. “Mrs., umm- Hatcher?” A telemarketer. I know…
Alpha and Omega
I make known the end from the beginning,from ancient times, what is still to come,I say; My purpose will stand,and I will do all that I please. Isaiah 46:10 (NIV) A good book is hard to come by, isn’t it? There have been so many times I have been wound up in a plot or the inner…
Writing on Tablets
I was sitting at my computer trying to accomplish some writing goals. I read the same paragraph I had just written several times, not because it needed to be edited that many times, but because every time I would almost complete reading it, one of my children would come into the room. One needed…