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Jesus, and Peter’s Mother in Law
Last night in the sermon, one of the things mentioned was Jesus healing Peter's mother in law. (Luke 4:38-39) This scene looks somewhat humorous in my mind. Peter's mother in law was dying of a fever, so Jesus rebukes the fever and it leaves. The fever is immediately...
Taste and See
In Psalm 34:8, it says to taste and see that the Lord is good. Taste and see. What if I have found, tasted, and eaten the most delicious food in the entire universe, and I know for sure that anyone who tries it will love it? I'm going to tell everyone about how...
God Knows, But You Still Choose
If God knows everything that is going to happen, then do we have any choices in any matters? Yes. We do have choices. God just knows which ones we'll make. For example, if I leave a plate of cookies in plain reach of a child who loves cookies, do I know what is going...
Whose Opinion Matters?
When you are making a decision, you have a tendency to think about what others will think about your decision, and how it will affect those around you. This is good, but only to a point. When taking the opinions of others into consideration, you will need to decide...
Upside Down or Right Side Up?
I've had a metaphorical picture in my mind of two men walking in opposite directions towards each other, but one of them was upside down. The two men talk about knowing which way is actually right side up. As I was typing this little story, I fleshed it out. So now...
Voids and Vacuums
When you have a completely empty space filled with nothing, you have a void. Because there is nothing in it, it creates a vacuum. The emptiness must be filled with something, so it sucks in anything and everything near it. I find it fascinating that the rules of...