A few years ago, I received news that the parents of one of my husband’s students had been murdered! Yes, murdered! I struggled in my efforts to process the news. It hit closer to home than I was used to. I'd never seen a picture of a couple on our local news station who were killed in their homes who I had actually met!! Wow! I've since had countless conversations in my head with imaginary spectators asking, "Where was their God?" "Why didn't He save them?" "Explain the 'good' in that, you Continue Reading
Less Mess. More Messiah.
Fun Fact: the image for the movie “The Truman Show” looks really pixelated, right? Turns out, this image is made up of tiny clips from every scene in the movie. How creative is that! If you zoom into any one section you will see that no scene was left out. It was all used to create this nice picture that now serves as the main graphic for this film. . . . and so, it is with us! God is able and willing to use all of the scenes of our lives—the good, the bad and the ugly—to create a beautiful Continue Reading
Her? Yes, Her!
Have you ever made assumptions about someone based on their past or their parent’s past? I have. As a matter of fact, I did so just the other day. I was reading 1 Kings Chapter 1 and came across verse 11. This verse reads, “Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon . . .” Let me be completely honest: My initial response was “Bathsheba!? She’s Solomon’s mama??!!” Then I remembered I had the exact same response when I read 2 Samuel where the birth of Solomon is recorded. Why am I so Continue Reading