In 1939, “When You Wish Upon a Star” was recorded for Walt Disney’s animated classic Pinocchio. But did you know it is believed that the act of wishing on a shooting star dates back to the time of Greek astronomer Ptolemy, around 127 AD to 151 AD? I didn’t until doing some research after a conversation with God a few week ago. I was sitting outside around 1:00 AM. I don’t fight waking up in the middle of the night…
Luke 9:46 states, “Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest.” NLT I grew up in Indiana where snowstorms and harsh winters are common. Epic snow storms like the Blizzard of ’78 are not so common. We lived through it. I remember seeing what Mr. Roger’s mother refers to as “the helpers”. I now live in Florida where severe thunderstorms and a long rainy season are normal. Hurricanes take rainstorms to an entirely different level. I…
Books are divided into chapters. Plays are divided by acts. Football games are divided by quarters. Songs are divided by verses and music by bars. What about our lives, our actions, our words? How do we divide them? I remember the last words my Grandmother spoke to me before passing. I remember the words I spoke as I delivered our 4th daughter. I remember lies spoken to me. I remember hateful looks given to me one last time. I remember…
Love is one of those words that can invoke many feelings or memories and gather many definitions. We humans define love as “an intense feeling of deep affection” or “a great interest and pleasure in something”, both nouns. When it is used as a verb, we say it is to “feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone)”. Who are we to define words? We didn’t create speech. We didn’t create sound. We didn’t create lungs, our tongue, teeth,…
Webster’s defines light as having little weight: not heavy, of little importance, and trivial. 2 Corinthians 4:17 states, ” For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,”. We know that Paul suffered a lot on this earth. He spells out a lot of his sufferings in 2 Corinthians 11, starting in verse 23. You can read it for yourself. Even in the deepest of my physical pains, I…
Today, my seven-year old son, Matthew, asked me if I had ever seen God. I told him that I had. He asked me when. I replied, “Every time I look at you.” 1 Corinthians 3: 16 (NKJV) tells us, “ Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” His question made me think of other times I have seen God. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 states, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does…
I love when photographers take pictures of hands. Hands that just got married showing off their wedding rings and a future full of hope. A father and mother’s hands clasped over her pregnant belly, rejoicing in their long awaited gift. Hands cradling newborn babies and the hands of a mother and daughter holding onto each other for possibly the last time. Hands are one of the first things I notice about people. There are 98 years of life between the…
Courage (noun) is defined as, “the ability to do something that frightens one”. Brave (adjective) is defined as, “ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage”. As I stood worshiping in church today, I really got caught on the word, “brave”. We were singing the song, “You Make Me Brave” by Amanda Cook. I asked myself, “Does God really make me brave?” For me, the answer was no. 1 Chronicles 20:28 “…Be strong and courageous and do the work…“ Deuteronomy 31:6…
Two Minutes of Thought: Did you look everywhere? My children have their ‘people”, stuffed animals, that they sleep with at night. Some of them they have had since birth. These “people” often come up missing. Then it is my job to find them. I search everywhere until I find them because they are important to my children. When people say there is no God, I wonder if they truly looked everywhere for Him. You can’t say there is no God…
Two Minutes of Thought: Matthew 6:19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.” What are theses treasures this scripture is talking about? Our homes and cars will not go to heaven. You can’t take your Gen 2 Glock 19, as sweet as it is, to heaven. Since heaven is for souls, shouldn’t we be investing in people, more than anything else? During a 5-day revival in 1973, over 3.2…