Type your new text here. But at midnight there was a shout, “Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.”                                                                                                            Matthew 25:6The bride stood at the window gazing at the winding road before her. She squinted through the morning haze. There was no movement other than a few fluttering birds in the tr...  Read More

Type your new text here. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat the Passover with you before I suffer.”                                                                                               Luke 22:15arrest.Jesus eagerly awaited the final meal with His disciples just before HisBut how?He said it Himself. “Before I suffer.”I’m struck by the strength in Jesus’ ability to separat...  Read More

Type your new text here. Let all that you do be done in love. I Corinthians 16:14 NASBRight now I’m serving a five-year prison sentence but I’ve never committed a crime. Once I’m released from prison I’ll be on parole for five more years according to my probation officer, a man I’ve never met.I know what a 6’ x 8’ living space is like though I’ve never been behind bars. I know how time slows to a ...  Read More

Type your new text here. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.James 4:10 NIVAbout that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. “So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.”      Matthew 18:1-2,4 NLTWhen I visit thi...  Read More

Type your new text here.            The day was full of contradictions – crystal clear, blue skies, peaceful and leisurely. Who knew one event on a perfect spring afternoon would turn my world upside down?            She was distracted by her two grandkids in the backseat of her car. Instead of looking at the road ahead, she was looking in the rearview mirror at the very moment I was crossing the ...  Read More

Type your new text here. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:23-26            It was a beautiful Sun...  Read More

Type your new text here. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.                                                                   John 15:13 NKJVIt’s Christmas morning and I’m sitting in the quiet of my living room before my home comes to life. During the night God blessed us with a white Christmas. As I look out my window the trees are swaying in the frigi...  Read More

Type your new text here. “Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”  John 6:35 NIVHe emerged out of the ancient wolf pack. Though he came bearing wolf’s clothing he was really a sheep in disguise. His name was Nicodemus and he was a Pharisee and a member of the ancient Sanhedrin.Nicodemus ate a steady ...  Read More

Type your new text here. But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.                                                                  James 1:22 NKJVHe was a committed guy – no doubt about that. He knew his Bible and believed the letter of the law should be followed with the strictest discipline. He had high standards and very little tolerance for sinners.Our story took p...  Read More

Type your new text here. The view from up here is breathtaking. I’m surrounded by a brilliant blue landscape as I soar above a blanket of cottony white clouds floating past my airplane window. I suppose my feet are closer to Your throne room right now than when my feet are on the ground, Jesus. And closer to You is precisely where I always want to find myself.Father, as I look out my window at thi...  Read More

Type your new text here. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him.  Psalm 28:7 NIVNow there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.  John 13:23 NKJVIt was the night of the Passover, an event Jesus held with warm anticipation and deep longing. A quiet room was arranged away from t...  Read More

Type your new text here. Seventeen years old. Daddy’s boy. Privileged. Pampered. Spoiled.Scandal. Sold. Foreign country. Strange culture. Slavery. Forced labor. Homesick longings. Brokenhearted.Adjustment. Newfound favor. Rising strength. Blossoming wisdom. Scandalous offer. Slander. Conspiracy theory. Corruption.Incarceration. Confusion. Discouragement. Silence.Conditioning. Adjustment. Change. N...  Read More