Is this pandemic an expression of God’s wrath and judgment? Is this pandemic a sign that the end times are beginning? Or is this pandemic simply the fruit of a fallen and sinful world? I can understand these questions being asked. I mean ... which is it? In Exodus God brought plagues “to make [us] see [His] power.” In Deuteronomy, God said disobedience to the Mosaic Law among the Israelites would result in Him striking them with “wasting disease, with fever and inflammation...” Then the Continue Reading
The Next Right Thing
It is in the writings of Joshua, Moses' successor as Israel’s leader, that we get great insight into the lives of the 2nd generation of God’s chosen people. In chapter 3 they are at the banks of the Jordan River. Levitical Priests are carrying the Ark of the Covenant, God’s people are following behind, and the River is now the only thing standing between them and possession of the land God had promised their forefathers to give them. I use the term “only” rather loosely, given that this large Continue Reading
Who are you?
Who are you? Well, the “no,” the “F,” the one pink line instead of two, the switch from “Mrs.” back to “Ms.,” the lay off, the dreaded 2 am phone call; are all outcomes that we tend to use to identify ourselves as failures and mistakes inadequate and condemned. But it’s one thing to be affected by outcomes. It’s another thing to be defined by them. Our identity is who we believe ourselves to be at the core. It is always found in our god. Your god is that which you can’t help Continue Reading