It takes a lot more emotional energy to set the world straight than it does to simply forgive those who offend us and move on. I needed to refill a prescription that I was almost out of.  I called it in, but the doctor’s office had gotten behind, and the girl told me in a rather testy tone that I needed to give them forty-eight hours notice next time. Fair enough, I thought, and decided to check on Monday to see if the pharmacy had gotten the order. They did not. By Tuesday, I had made a total of six phone calls between the pharmacy and the doctor’s office. Finally, the same girl, in the Continue Reading

Ever had one of those mornings when you woke up just not quite ready to face life? That was me recently. It had been a hectic week with too quick of a pace and too many challenges, and I was on the verge of a melt-down --- maybe not Three Mile Island, but still. So I grabbed my trusty Bible, hoping for some inspiring words and a tasty personal tidbit to get me through the day. Perhaps a lovely promise, or comforting verse to soothe and uplift me. I got wrath and woes. I started in Psalms, often a great place to find solace, and landed on Psalm 78. That particular one happens to be a Continue Reading

        We were talking about how God knows your ways intricately, and that is nothing to fear. Let’s look at the other side of this coin, though.  It is possible to exasperate and even anger God. Know how? By refusing to know his ways. Talking about the ancient Israelites, the writer of Hebrews quotes additional Scriptures about how they rebelled against God and tested him to the point of provoking him. They had seen all the ways he had taken care of them. He led them, fed them, and saved them from their enemies, yet they continually questioned and grumbled against him. In his Continue Reading

My cat Gizmo was deathly ill one summer, so he hid inside the ginormous juniper bush we had in our backyard.  He nearly died of dehydration because I couldn’t find him for a couple of days. When I was finally able to coax him out and get water down his throat with a dropper, he got well. In Psalm 139, and in Hebrews 3 and 4, a comparison is made between how well God knows our ways (infinitely and perfectly) and how well we know His (maybe not so much). David lists this eloquent description of all the stuff God knows about us, like when we sit down, when we get up, what we think, where we Continue Reading