When you have a houseful of children it is easy to daydream of a life alone. All the rooms are clean and Mom slips into a bubble bath whispering the old slogan, “Calgon, take me away!” People are tough. In Jean Paul Sartre’s play NO EXIT, the characters, now dead and condemned to hell, realizeContinue reading “We Need Friends and Family. Proverbs 14:4.”
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One Bad Decision Can Change Your Entire Life. Genesis 13:10-11.
Image generated with A.I. An old man rubs his eyes and looks toward the light. The sun is shining in through the rough opening of a cave. He blinks the sleep away and sits up. Somewhere a baby is crying. A second baby joins. For a minute he forgets where he is. He turns hisContinue reading “One Bad Decision Can Change Your Entire Life. Genesis 13:10-11.”
Future Generations.
Do you ever pray for the people of the future? Do you pray for your children or for grandchildren not yet born? Think about this— God is not bound by time; He is OUTSIDE of time. To Him, we exist in an eternal present. When you pray for future generations, you are praying for peopleContinue reading “Future Generations.”
Sowing and Reaping Across Generations.
Jonathan Edwards was one of early America’s greatest preachers. His devotion to prayer and Bible study remains unparalleled, his biographer recording that he usually spent 13 hours a day studying the word, an hour talking with his wife and 11 kids, and prayed a prayer of blessing over each child, every day. When Edwards hadContinue reading “Sowing and Reaping Across Generations.”
Family.
How often do we say, “the apple does not fall far from the tree”? Or we call a child “a chip off the old block”? Family friends are forever telling children “you’re just like your dad” or “you remind me of your mom.” It’s more than physical features. Children learn behavior from their parents. TheyContinue reading “Family.”
Job: A Great Father. Job 1:5.
What do think of when you think of dads? A man tossing his baby in the air? A daddy-daughter dance? Little league? Learning to ride a bike, use tools, do chores? What about Biblical fatherhood? Joseph adopted Jesus as his own, Abraham took Isaac to the altar and put God first. Jacob moved to Egypt—withContinue reading “Job: A Great Father. Job 1:5.”
Dirt Farmers and Horse Thieves: Dregs. Genesis 38.
My dad used to joke, “My ancestors were all dirt farmers and horse thieves.” Actually, his farmer-ancestors were hard-working, honest, kind, and willing to reserve judgment until they had heard all the facts. Yet my grandfather’s nine siblings were not untouched by scandal and rumor. Every family tree has rotten limbs—it’s a mathematical certainty. ForContinue reading “Dirt Farmers and Horse Thieves: Dregs. Genesis 38.”
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