Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Movers and Shakers

A back hoe and a bulldozer are making mincemeat of our front yard--a good thing. It's been full of piles of dirt (alternating with mud) for weeks. The guys running the two big earth movers make the house shake a bit when they get close enough. When God created the world he moved the water to make way for earth. "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear," was how He spoke earth into existence (Genesis 1:8). The author of Hebrews reminds us that the Lord promises, "Once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens" (Haggai 2: 6 & Hebrews 12:27). "Why?" "So that what cannot be shaken may remain," (Hebrews 12:27). Christ alone gives unshakable faith. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it [the faith] is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8).

Friday, May 21, 2010

HEAVENLY HUMOR FOR THE DOG LOVER'S SOUL

MAY 21, 2010 Here it is, canine companions! If you want to have some laughs while reading about some super dogs, this is the book for you. Eight authors tell true stories of dogs that will have you wanting more. Available on line, in stores (after June 1), and from the contributing authors, including yours truly. Okay, so I don't have a dog. But some of my best friends do. I even have a story in this book about a friend who doesn't own a dog, yet won a barking dog contest. No, she didn't do the barking; the neighbor's dog did it for her. Put down that remote, pick up a copy of Heavenly Humor..., and get ready for some savvy dogs who share more than wags and the best seat in the house with us.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Word Warfare

King David, son of Jesse, son of God, and "Israel's singer of songs" (2 Samuel 23:1), used his hands and fingers in more than one kind of warfare. Both writer and warrior, David could pen such words as, "you [God] created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb" (Psalm 139:13). Yet he was praised as a man who had slain "his tens of thousands" (1 Samuel 18:7)--starting with a lion, a bear, and then a mouthy giant of a man who stood over 9 feet tall. Some of us couldn't hold our own in any kind of physical battle. None of us can stand against a WMD. Yet God may fit us in word warfare. We can speak or write to the truth of the Holy Scriptures, and the unchanging character of "Jesus Christ...the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). Posted 5-18-10

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

May 5, 2010

New Blog This blog is under construction, as they say, starting today. Stay tuned.