Joy in Sorrow

It is sometimes difficult to see the silver lining, to see God’s gracious hand in difficult times.  Our Scripture readings help us to do just that…The exiled people of Judah would one day rejoice to learn that they were returning to their homes…we rejoice in the most difficult times knowing that heaven is our home. … [Read more…]

Worthless

We live in a time when very few value human life.  Some would kill unborn children. Others have killed only because of the ethnic background of the other. The Lord God values every human life and sends us to speak of His Son, that others may be saved for eternal life. The LORD God sent Jeremiah to … [Read more…]

Mercy and Amazing Grace

It was God’s Mercy that did not abandon the unfaithful Israelites…but instead promised to go with them.  So also, even as Moses could not see God’s Face and live, so we cannot stand in the presence of God except in Christ. It was God’s Mercy that made those to whom John wrote…God’s Children and kept … [Read more…]

Trials in Life…we all have them.

Unfortunately, in the process of enduring difficult times we sometimes think that WE are the only ones suffering.  Such thinking is truly foolish. Abraham’s Trial of Faith…he was called upon to offer up his only Son, Isaac.  It was unthinkable, and yet Abraham passed the test and was willing, believing that God would raise up … [Read more…]