BLOG December 2020 11 Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. (Psalm 86:11) The first time I read verses about an undivided heart, I thought, But God created us with a divided heart! The left side of the heart pumps oxygen rich blood out of… Continue reading an undivided heart (part 1)
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the body (part two)
BLOG November 2020 the body (part two) 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the… Continue reading the body (part two)
the body (part one)
BLOG Oct. 2, 2020 For you formed my inward parts, you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. (Psalm 139:13 ESV) When I read this verse it reminded me of the time during my high school teaching career when I was asked to teach human anatomy and physiology instead of general biology. I accepted this… Continue reading the body (part one)
one touch away
September 2020 Blog For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” (Mark 5:28 ESV) Jesus arrived on the shore of a lake and a large crowd assembled around him. In the crowd was an important leader of a local synagogue named Jairus. He fell at Jesus’ feet and pleaded… Continue reading one touch away
god’s grip
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:31 NIV) After feeding the five thousand near the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and sail to the other side without him. Jesus sent the… Continue reading god’s grip
god’s grip
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:31 NIV) After feeding the five thousand near the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and sail to the other side without him. Jesus sent the… Continue reading god’s grip
apple of your eye (part 2)
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. (Deuteronomy 32:10 NIV) In this verse, “He” refers to God and “him” refers to the Israelites who were traveling out of Egypt to the Promised Land… Continue reading apple of your eye (part 2)
apple of your eye part 1
apple of your eye (part 1) Keep me as the apple of your eye... (Psalm 17:8 NIV) I recently came upon this expression during a Bible study in a Sunday school class. I thought, Why would David ask… Continue reading apple of your eye part 1
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made 