“There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven”—Ecclesiastes 3:1(NLT). It’s that time of the year when God shows off. Leaves are changing from green to glorious reds, yellows and orange in northeastern Oklahoma. It’s also my favorite season, even if it means raking the dried brown leaves, litter from the …
“Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.”—Proverbs 17:6 (NRSV). In May 2018, my seventh grandchild was born. Fifteen years separate my youngest granddaughter from her oldest sibling. Because my youngest grandchild before Ruby’s birth was almost nine, I’d forgotten the joys of having a baby in the …
“Worry implies that we don’t quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.”
A recent discussion with my two oldest grandchildren was an opportunity to encourage them in their faith. I don’t recall how the conversation began but we were discussing world events and what it means “to be in the world, but not of it.” “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, …
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