“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me,…
Month: June 2019
“Look At Me, Mommy!”
“Look at me, Mommy!” a young voice called. Glancing up from our conversation, my friend and I beheld her young daughter hanging by her knees outside a second floor railing, directly above a concrete basement entry. “Get down from there right now!” The child heard only anger in Cindy’s voice; I heard terror. The girl…
Taught by Experience
It’s raining. It’s pouring. And Missy wants to go out. “Don’t be silly, ” Barry tells her. “You would not like it out there.” But Missy is sure that she would. And she is very sure that she wants to try. She stands by the door, her tail quivering with passion, as she voices her…
Genesis 3: 1-7 (NIV)
The Fall Please read these verses in your own Bible or online (Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A+1-7&version=NIV ). The notes are from my own studies. v 1: The serpent is a subordinate. Later in the Bible he is identified as Satan (“the Adversary” – opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.) She did not know he was…