Category: God Sightings
Seeing God in the Everyday
Are You Contagious?
Viruses are contagious. So is panic fearhysteriacalmloveenthusiasmkindnessjoy. You choose. You are the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hidden. And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. They put the light on a lampstand. Then the light shines for all the people in the…
God’s Delight
The Lord your God is with you; his power gives you victory.The Lord will take delight in you, and in his love he will give you new life.He will sing and be joyful over you, Zephaniah 3:17 Good News Translation He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me. Psalm 18:19 New Living Translation…
“Hey God”
My friend, Kris, sent me this “poem” in a text. I keep going back to read it. ********** Me: Hey God. God: Hello….. Me: I’m falling apart. Can you put me back together? God: I would rather not. Me: Why? God: Because you aren’t a puzzle. Me: What about all of the pieces of my life that are falling down onto the…
For the Birds
The hummingbirds are preparing to migrate long distances for the winter. By the middle of October they will be gone. As they fill up for their journey, I noticed something. Hummingbirds have two approaches to feeding. Some perch on the feeders, drinking with concentration. They tend to stay for more than a minute. Then there…
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe an approximate 25 hours of fasting and intensive prayer in response to Mosaic law: “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must…
J. I. Packer
James Innell Packer (22 July 1926 – 17 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. He was considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America. He was a contributor to Christianity Today, where I briefly worked as a receptionist. “Call me Jim,” he said with a smile as he shook…
“Who Am I?”
Judging
“Judge not, lest you be judged.” Jesus’s words are often understood as, “Don’t judge anyone for anything at anytime.” Those same words are often hurled as a weapon to mean, “Don’t you dare judge me!” The Greek word for “judge” used here means “to condemn”. Jesus very plainly says that when we condemn others for…
Need Some?
For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. Jeremiah 29:11 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition