Some weeks, getting to the sabbath and consciously planning to take a break and focus fully upon God can feel really comforting and rewarding. Hard weeks that extend into the weekend and leave us spent make us remember just why God rested on the 7th day. 13 As a father...
A Laboring Man
12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet,Whether he eats little or much;But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep. (Ecclesiastes 5:12 NKJV) This week was rough. Big project wrapping up at work and me down a few days with flu. The flu caused my sleep to...
The Right Way
9 A man’s heart plans his way,But the Lord directs his steps. (Proverbs 16:9 NKJV) Being “of an age” I can more clearly see the paths of my life. Those times when I ran forward headlong doing life my way, and those times when God readjusted my plan and my path. Free...
Balance
4 He who observes the wind will not sow,And he who regards the clouds will not reap. (Ecclesiastes 11:4 NKJV) It is easy in our hectic world to want to find time to simply sit back and relax a bit, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, it cannot...
Nevertheless
42 saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” (Luke 22:42 NKJV) Even Christ prayed that God the Father would take away the cup He was prepared to drink from. A cup filled not only with death but with every...