God is good. He can only be good. All He does is done with good intention, even the most fearful situation we can imagine is intended for good, and God will not put us through it, if it is not beneficial to us. “All things work together for good to ...
Read More »What Happened to the Ox?
Full of power, muscular beyond most, associated with the ability to gain wealth in Bible times, the ox was a symbol of service. It was the most valuable animal anyone could own, providing a way of survival for the family. If one killed the ox of another, it was to ...
Read More »Investing in the “Higher Education” of Marriage
“My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as ...
Read More »Wait On God; He’s Not Too Busy
“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.” ~ Psalm 4:1 At a trip to the local Bureau of Motor Vehicles, a patron is told, “Please take a number and have ...
Read More »When Temptation Knocks
There are so many stories in the Bible that speak of God’s chosen people being tempted and following through that temptation. Take Cain and Abel: Cain convinced Abel to come with him to a field, where he murdered him because of jealousy after each of them made an offering to ...
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