Cast Your Burdens
Have you ever gone fishing and had to cast a line? You can’t just give it a weak toss or simply drop it at your feet. The act of casting is throwing “in a forceful way.” Psalm 55:22 says to cast our burdens upon the Lord, and Peter says to cast...
Are You Thirsty?
Some years back, on a trip to Italy, we spent a week in Florence visiting my family there. My son was 8 years old at the time. One hot, humid Sunday afternoon, my uncle suggested we take a ride out of town to escape the heat in the city. As we drove the winding roads...
God’s Fixer Upper
My confession of the week is that I’ve watched entirely too many hours of my new favorite show, Fixer Upper. Have you seen this? (My other confession of the week is that I truly don’t believe too many hours of this show is a thing. Guilty as charged. It’s. Just. So....
Object Permanence
Browsing in a gift shop recently, a plaque on the wall caught my eye. It so eloquently stated, “Just because God is silent, does not mean that He is absent.” I’d been struggling to deal with some tough things around that time, so reading this was a perspective check...
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