MALACHI 4:1-3 Sunrise suggests the notions of illumination and hope, the beginning of a new day and thus a chance for happiness and improvement. It is a symbol of birth and rebirth, of awakening. The coming of light. Resurrection. Malachi prophesied: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in … [Read more…]
1 JOHN 1:5-10; PSALM 69:5 I had slowed to a stop when my car was hit from behind and was pushed into the vehicle in front of me. The sound was repulsive. As I paused for a moment, I observed that the vehicle that hit me was pulling out into traffic. She drove off. Obviously hoping to … [Read more…]
PHILLIPIANS 2:3; 4:2-7 I watched from my office as a three storey building was demolished. The demolition took barely four days to complete. In its place a new building – a bungalow is being constructed. It has been two months now, and despite construction activities going on weekdays and weekends, it is still incomplete. How much … [Read more…]
PSALM 73 Have you ever felt that life is partial? You are not alone. For those of us who are faithful in following the will and ways of God, it is easy to get disheartened when people who do not care about Him seem to do well in life. A businessman is fraudulent yet he wins … [Read more…]
MATTHEW 18:21-35 The real history of Mother’s Day in the United States might surprise us. Three women (Ann Reeves Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe, and Ann’s daughter, Anna M. Jarvis) – who championed efforts toward better health, welfare, peace, and love contributed to the recognition of Mother’s Day. When the US Civil War ended in 1865, more than … [Read more…]
1 CORINTHIANS 13:7 This phrase, coined by Thomas Inman, dates from 1860. Thomas Inman recommended that his fellow doctors should not prescribe a medicine for a cure if they were not sure it would work. They were to give the patient “the benefit of our doubts.” Why? Each time we attempt to benefit someone, in medicine … [Read more…]
PSALM 119:133 During the period of great sea exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries, ship pilots used several navigation techniques – including a book called a “rutter” (not the “rudder,” the ship’s steering device). The rutter is a mariner’s handbook of sailing directions written by earlier voyagers. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were … [Read more…]
PROVERBS 6:6-11 A shard of potato chip, a grain of rice, or even a speck of bread will do. When bigger things are discovered, they are also ever ready to carry them. Ants are one of the world’s strongest creatures in relation to their sizes. A single ant can carry fifty times its own bodyweight, and … [Read more…]
MATTHEW 22:34-40 Have you ever felt clogged up by rules and expectations? I wonder how the Jewish people must have felt as they tried to keep up with all the rules in the old testament (some scholars who have taken the pains to count them claim they are more than six hundred rules) and many more … [Read more…]
2 CORINTHIANS 10:4-5 Christians have a long history of refusing to take part in physical warfare. Many Christians are pacifists. The Bible however speaks about the reality of a conflict we face as believers, and we popularly call that conflict “spiritual warfare.” Even though we are encouraged to be involved in spiritual warfare, the Bible does not grant … [Read more…]
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