I recently came across an illustration about patience and long-suffering that gave me great pause. According to a supposedly traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside his tent one evening when a weary old traveler walked by. The old man looked tired and hungry from a long journey. Abraham rushed out to help the stranger, inviting him into his tent. There he washed the man’s feet and gave him food and drink. Without hesitation, the old traveler began eating his food before Continue Reading
I Can’t Believe I Ate the Whole Thing! {#RechargeWednesday LINKUP}
Post by: Christy Mobley The other night I dreamt the house was on fire. I sat straight up in the bed and like a blind person groping for a fire extinguisher my hand fumbled about the bedside table knocking stuff over until… Ahhh, I found it! Gaviscon. One swig of the cool-minty-green liquid and the fire was out. At least for the moment. If you haven’t already guessed, yeah I have that insidious, nasty acid reflux! The term even sounds caustic. Acid. Reeee-flux. This condition has Continue Reading
Finding Elim: A Lesson On Chasing Holy Ever After {#RechargeWednesday LINKUP}
"It was there at Marah that the Lord set . . to test their faithfulness to him." - Exodus 15:25 - One of the last statements to reach my ears directly from the mouth of my college sweetheart was: "Now I can finally live happily ever after" - words that would coincide with the marriage to her "new" husband. In the rear view mirror was a 21 year marriage and divorce where quite possibly she was more married to an idea than to a man . . an idea of a kind of life as a Pastor's life that was free Continue Reading
Our God Given Time & the Distraction of Technology
"YOU DID WHAT? You really took the internet out of your home? How can you function? How do you get your work done? Why?" These were my questions and concerns when a friend of mine told me that she decided to take back her family from the distractions of technology. I admit wholeheartedly that I am part of the distracted tech world. Everyone I know is. I see it all around me. Kids and adults are plugged in as they drive to school, as they “relax” in the living room, or even as they Continue Reading
The Case of the Missing Book End {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
If you have been around church, and church folk for any amount of time, you will have heard on multiple occasions what we call testimonies. God's people love to tell about His goodness in their lives. Whether it be how the Lord redeemed them, or the other kind of testimony of going through a trial and seeing how the Lord was faithful every step of the way, and miraculously brought them out on the other side. Every good testimony has 3 components: What your life was like before. Either Continue Reading
What to do with a False Positive {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I want to offer a bit of encouragement to you today about a situation that seems to be common to all of us who pray. We’ve all been in the position where we are desperately asking God to answer a prayer. Yes? We watch and we wait. Watch and wait. Finally, we see an open door. Yes, we say, thank you Lord! Knowing God has heard us, we walk through the open door only to have the disappointment of it slamming in our face or worse, we walk through, the door shuts behind us and we realize we’re in Continue Reading
