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In Court and On Trial

A few days ago someone was talking about how God is the judge in the courtroom of life, and we can try to put Him on trial as if we're the judge, but we can't do that because we're not the judge. Then I started thinking about what it looks like when people try to...

A Summary Look Back Before Going Forward

I've been in Deuteronomy in my daily Bible reading lately. Here Moses is giving the children of Israel a summary of what's happened to them since they left Egypt (Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers) before they head into the Promised Land. He's reminding them of the...

Heaping Coals of Fire

In Romans 12:20, we see the apostle Paul referencing Proverbs 25:21-22. In a modern Western way of thinking, the term "heap coals of fire on his head" gives me the idea that I'm exacting some type of vengeance or convicting with shame by being kind to people I don't...

Divine Tempo

Yesterday I was listening to my dad teach Sunday School. One of the things that stuck out was getting on God's timetable. God doesn't view or do time like we do. He invented it and sees it all at once, so while we're sitting here in a hurry wishing God would do or say...

Contrasts of Life

Sometimes in life we don't notice good things as much until there's something different, something bad, or something wrong. Not that we don't notice good things at all, it's just sometimes they are highlighted when something around us is not going well. Light is more...

Kind Words

I recently came across a note a friend wrote to me earlier this year. It felt good to read the words again, and today I started thinking about how good kind words can make you feel. It doesn't take a lot of words either. Just a couple words of kindness feel quite...

A Bit on Give and Take

Sometimes when I think of give and take in a relationship, I think more of the giving part. But sometimes I do need to take, and I don't always want to. Something about it feels like I'm stealing or being needy, but neither of those is true. Just like I would give to...

Unseen Injuries

After a physical injury heals, if it was bad enough sometimes you can still feel it. It may have healed just fine and be fully functional again, but on certain days or depending on how you've moved around, it just doesn't feel quite like it used to. This happens with...

Notes on Obedience

To obey is better than sacrifice. You might not always know why you are given an instruction until after you obey it. You don't have to understand why you're doing something to obey the instruction. It is important to know who you're obeying. It is important to know...