“Don’t you want it to heal!?” I asked this after noticing my daughter had peeled the scab off of her scratch again. Evidently she did not understand the purpose of the scab. It may be itchy, hard, unattractive, and an outright contrast in texture and appearance. But it has a purpose. It protects our wounds from infection and allows new skin to form. Scabs do for our wounds what forgiveness does for our hearts. Forgiveness is hard, unattractive, and an outright contrast to what comes as a Continue Reading
Share Your “POWMS”
You know what I like most about this letter from my daughter, who by the way, is in pre-K? Here it is: It’s all her! This is how she felt. This is how she spells. This is how her words look when put to paper at this stage in her life. She is not held back by the fact that she has yet to master conventional spelling. Phonetic spelling will do! Her goal was to communicate a message to her “mome” and that is exactly what she did. And I got the message. I understood it. I walked away from this Continue Reading
The WHEN?! Issue
In Acts chapters 1–2 Luke records a pivotal moment in the life of the disciples and all those who had gathered in Jerusalem for Pentecost. We read that once the people accepted the message that God had made Jesus, who was crucified and now risen, Lord and Messiah, they were baptized. They then devoted themselves to the apostle’s teachings, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer. Then we get to verse 46 of chapter 2 and that’s where we may have problems. We were all into the story up Continue Reading