GENESIS 29:14-30; PSALM 37:34 Perhaps you have seen the video of the young child finding out he has a new sister. He laments, “It is always girls, girls, girls, girls!” in the midst of his meltdown. Although the story provides a humorous peek into human expectations, disappointment is not amusing. It is all around us. One particular … [Read more…]
JOHN 14:15-21; ACTS 1:1-12 Most young children weep on their first day of nursery school because they feel abandoned and helpless. There are adults who have separation anxiety too. We experience times of separation from the people we love at every stage of life, sometimes due to distance or even death. Even though we may feel abandoned … [Read more…]
EXODUS 4:10-17; PSALM 144:1 Before a game, it was reported that former NBA player David Wood read Psalm 144:1 and exclaimed, “You see? It is as if God has written this verse just for me! He trains my hands to catch rebounds and my fingers to shoot!” David had discovered that God accepts us as we … [Read more…]
1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-34 People seldom ever saw themselves in the past, before the creation of mirrors or shiny surfaces. One of the few places they could see their reflections was in puddles of water, streams, and rivers. Mirrors, however, altered that. And the development of cameras heightened people’s interest in our appearance. We now have enduring … [Read more…]
EXODUS 3:1-6,10-14 An ancient Native American tale describes a young boy who was sent into the woods by himself at night in order to prove his courage. Trees groaned and squeaked, an owl cried out, and the coyote howled as the sky grew dark. The boy stayed in the woods all night despite his fear … [Read more…]
ISAIAH 40:25-31; PSALM 55:22 A man was continuously preoccupied with worry. Then one day people noticed him looking at ease and whistling joyfully. They watched him in shock and questioned, “What happened?” He said, “I have hired a man to do my worrying for me.” They inquired, “How much are you paying him?” “One thousand dollars a week,” he said. … [Read more…]
JOHN 19:21-30; JOHN 11:25 London’s Westminster Abbey has a rich past. A custom of daily worship there was started by Benedictine monks in the tenth century. The Abbey has also witnessed the coronation of forty English kings and queens since AD 1066, when William the Conqueror was crowned, as well as the interment of many renowned … [Read more…]
1 SAMUEL 16:1-7 Arie van’t Riet, a retired physicist, uses unorthodox methods to produce works of art. He assembles dead animals and plants of various kinds and then x-rays them. He adds colour to specific areas of his images after scanning the generated x-rays into a computer. The inner complexity of flowers, fish, birds, reptiles, … [Read more…]
1 PETER 2:13-25 My daughter’s screams came from the backseat while I was driving. She replied that her brother had grabbed her arm when I tried to find out what had happened. He said that she had pinched him, so he grabbed her arm to protect himself. She said that she pinched him as a result … [Read more…]
PSALM 145:1-18; PSALM 96:4 According to the Westminster Catechism, “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” Scripture encourages us to worship the living God with joy and adoration. We experience that joyful state for which we were made when we give God heartfelt praise. Just as a stunning sunset or a serene pasture … [Read more…]
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