Quick Reads
We all need a little extra encouragement from day to day. These posts are designed for the busy individual who may not have time for a book, but still needs encouragement from God’s Word.
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Great is Thy Faithfulness
Have you ever felt like God has forsaken you? In your heart you know that’s impossible, but your mind is all over the place from the storm you feel you’re drowning in. You’re weary from trying to stay afloat when whispers of “God doesn’t love you as much as He does them” rush over you.
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Back Again
“ . . . lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, . . .” (Hebrews 12:15) Some flowers (and weeds) have tuberous roots. You may dig up the plant and gather some of the roots, but in a few weeks or even days, you find the plant springing back up. This is a
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Trust Him with the Details
The One who created the vast galaxies down to the intricate details of the lily—this God who created every living being also knows the very number of hairs on your head. He cares about the details. In Matthew chapter 10, Jesus is telling His new disciples of all the peril that they are getting ready
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But I’m doing all the Right Things
Elisabeth had a goodly heritage. She was “righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless” (Luke 1:6). She married a priest. She had been faithful in loving and serving her God. Elisabeth, by all conclusive standards, was doing all the right things. Her name even means “God is my
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Contempt or Contentment?
Do you ever feel contempt for your situation? Like the path you’re on is overwhelmingly hard and unjust? Paul certainly seems to feel contempt when he writes to the Corinthians. In 1 Corinthians 4, he tells them that, as an apostle, he has faced hunger, thirst, nakedness, homelessness, persecution, suffering, buffeting and reviling. This is
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Beautifully Broken
Psalm 31:12 – I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. Kintsugi is a Japanese art form where a broken vessel is taken and pieced back together with a gold glue. This vessel that once was beautiful when it first left the potter’s wheel somehow becomes a
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