Time to Ponder

And Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart (Luke 2:19). Are you a ponder-er: one who reflects and reviews important things? This season reminds me to do a little bit more of that. Christmas has come and gone once again, and now we have to...

I Didn’t Deserve It

Have you ever received something you didn’t deserve? You didn’t work for it or earn it; it was just a gift, given freely. God’s love is like that. No matter what your past looks like, He loves you. He chooses to look at you and love you truly, before you ever could...

A Hero, A Villain, and God

During the course of World War II, many people became heroes in one way or another. One man who left a legacy was Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. One time, his entire squadron was ordered to fly a particular...

The Freedom of Forgiveness

Have you noticed how the things God asks of us, the hard things, the humbling things, the character-building things, are always, always for our own good? I am in a season where God is teaching me a whole lot about forgiveness. It started when I came across this quote:...

Freedom in Forgiveness

We live in a society that actually has an epidemic of unforgiveness.  Think about it.  There are so many people walking around upset with someone or something.  People are walking around upset with a sports team, upset with a child, or upset with the political state...