STICK WITH WISDOM

The Father imparts His gift of revealed truth to His sons and daughters who listen to His corrections. When we resist or refuse the wisdom these corrections bring, it is a sign that we don’t really trust anyone—even the Father. Trust was broken long before, and it...

FLYING BLIND

I pray for this gift: “Ears to hear and eyes to see— both are gifts from the Lord” (Proverbs 20:12). That gift reminds me of a life-threatening event I experienced in 1992. I was flying IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) thousands of feet above the Earth in solid clouds,...

THE RIGHT AND TRUE AND JUST PATH

It would be interesting to take a poll to see how many of us have been influenced by a parent, teacher, or friend who was willing to admit a mistake and ask for forgiveness—someone with a teachable heart who taught us by example what it meant to have integrity. There...

WORDS TO LIVE BY

I’ve been pondering what it looks like to live only by God’s word—like Jesus did. He said that without Him, we can do nothing (John 15:5). How can we gain the essence of such wisdom? We can come out of darkness into wisdom’s light when we live in awe, reverence, and...

THE ACHE OF LOSS

We live with a hope that is a certainty. God links us to eternity and immortality with Him. Jan and I have been pondering what it will be like to pierce that veil. We’ve processed the loss of our parents and dear friends. We have been part of multiple families who...

STANDING FIRM

Many of us have a growing awareness of the need and desire to stand firm in the shaking, planting seeds for the future to grow. What can we endure and succeed under pressure? How can we bear fruit, and even be ever blessed, ever prosperous for the following...