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God Can Handle Your Tough Questions
Let me tell you upfront. Sunday’s sermon was off the chain. Every Sunday I get a word, but this Sunday hit a nerve. This sermon pulled up a chair in my house and sat right at the dinner table. I ate it up and left the table more than satisfied. I left the table absolutely full. Habakkuk 1:1-6 was the focal point of the sermon. Habakkuk is considered a minor prophet. Not because his ministry lacks validity but because his book in the Bible is small. Small book but mighty message. In these verses, we find the prophet Habakkuk frustrated. He is concerned. Injustice is prevalent everywhere he turns. He…
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Wait…This Is Going To Take How Long???
Good news everyone! We still reads the Bible around here. I am more than 100 days into this journey. Woo hoo! If I am being honest, I have not ever made it this far into a year long Bible reading plan. I usually phase out after around twenty days. So, my current progress is definitely a major improvement. Reading the Bible has created an interesting phenomenon in my life. The more that I read, the more questions I have. Every week, I read intriguing stories about people that I have not ever heard of. They are not taught in Sunday School or preached about from the pulpits. Or maybe they…
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Stump Doodle
We’re back at it!!! Bible Study Brother and I decided to have more fun with Bible Study Mama. The end of the conversation took a turn. You’ll have to hear it to appreciate it. #wepreach
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Keep Your Head In The Game
Sizing up objects and getting a good grip on their size is not a strong suit of mine. Like the time that I thought I could fit all of the décor for a wedding in my vehicle. I have learned to take measurements and double-check what I think. But it’s not entirely my fault ya’ll. Geometry is where you learn relative positions of figures. And my tenth-grade geometry class taught me something else. My tenth-grade geometry teacher was the head football coach. I was nervous about taking the class because I had started to lose confidence in my mathematical abilities. That worry would have been better served somewhere else. The…
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Keeping the Glory Where It Belongs
Wednesday night REfresh Bible study at my church is a welcome reprieve in the middle of a busy week. It centers me. This Wednesday night was no exception. We were all reminded to keep the glory of God where it truly belongs. Acts 14: 8-18 finds us in Lystra with Paul and Barnabas. Paul is doing what he has been called to do. He is preaching the word of God. As he preaches, he notices a man in the crowd that has been crippled from birth. Paul sees that the man has faith to be healed. Paul tells the man to stand up straight on his feet. The man does…
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Did Someone Say 20-kilometer Hike?
Producers are always pushing out new content for my TV viewing pleasure. Although I spent months watching new-to-me shows, I did not ever reach the point that I was out of shows to watch. Just the other day, a new show popped up on my screen. The trailer pulled me in. I had to see more. The show is all about teams from around the world competing to complete an 11-day eco challenge. What is eco-challenge you say? Glad you asked. I had never heard of it before. An eco-challenge is a race that combines water, bike, and foot racing over hundreds of miles. I think the show that I…
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Green Thumb…Well Kind Of
Farming runs through my veins. I mean…I guess it does. My great-grandfather was a farmer. My grandmother and grandfather grew up around farming. My mom worked the fields. So, yea…farming is part of my legacy. With all that being said, I have limited man-hours in the dirt. I love the thought of a beautiful flower garden in my flower beds, and I love the thought of a vegetable garden in my backyard. But when I think of the labor that is required to maintain those things… One day, my coworker gifted me with 2 cuttings of different plants. I went to Home Depot to buy these two little guys containers…
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How Is God Going To Use This Crisis?
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 Sunday was jam-packed with celebration. St. Luke pulled out all the stops to celebrate our 147th church anniversary virtually. You can tell that everyone was in high spirits and profoundly grateful for the journey that the Lord has brought the church on. The choir sang until they could not sing anymore. The guest soloist left it all at the altar. And then…it was preaching time. What a word we received. We left assured of the ways that God was going to use crises in…
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Taking Things Into My Own Hands
A part of me thinks that I came out of the womb taking things into my own hands. My mom was knocked out when I was born. She says the first sound she heard when she woke up was me sucking my fingers. See, even then I had things in my own hands. Don’t worry guys. The sucking fingers thing did not last long. Once I figured out that there was no food coming out, I moved on to more important things. My hair care is one thing I took into my own hands at an early age. I cared greatly about the way that my hair was styled. At…
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Good Grief
Losing a loved one is hard. Bible Study Brother and I discuss the ways that we handle grief. Well mainly Bible Study Brother, because I was having all kinds of emotions. #wepreach
