Monthly Archives: December 2023

Sorrow. We’ve all felt it and expressed it. Sorrow is deep distress, sadness, or regret especially for the loss of someone or something loved. It is a resultant unhappy or unpleasant state. Sorrow is by caused of extreme grief and sadness. It is the display of that grief and sadness. Sorrow is a heavy weight.Continue reading “Man of Sorrows”

I love growing roses. My back fence is lined with red roses and ever year I plant more. Roses are sturdy and gorgeous. They can grow in a lot of different climates and hard to kill once you’ve established them. Roses are the universal language for love and beauty. In the Bible, roses are usedContinue reading “Rose of Sharon”

There have been lots of rulers in the history of this world. Kings, Queens, Popes, Oligarchs, Tyrants, Caesars, Commanders, Generals, Senates, the Mobs, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Party Leaders, and the list goes on and on. They’ve come and gone. And while some of them have been extraordinarily good – many have been average at bestContinue reading “Lord of Lords/King of Kings”

Dem Bones song is a song loads of children grow up singing… “Well, your head bone connected to the neck bone…” and so forth and so on until you sang a song about the entire skeleton system. But all the connections start at the head. Paul tells us who our head is…Jesus. Jesus is theContinue reading “Head of the Church”

Everything built as a foundation. And the quality of every building depends on its foundation. If the foundation is weak or built with the wrong material or crooked or built on the wrong stop, it will crack and break. And the entire building that rests upon it will either fall or need a complete rebuild.Continue reading “Chief Cornerstone”

Today is the Lord’s Day! And why do we worship Jesus!? Because He is the sunrise! God created this natural world for us to live in but also for us to learn from and see Him. In the beginning, the first lessons God gave us was that light destroys the darkness. “Let there be light!Continue reading “The Sunrise”

If you’ve ever been fishing in a boat, you know how important having an anchor is to your stay on the water. It keeps you from drifting. And in larger bodies of water like large lakes and open water like the ocean that’s incredible important because the anchor helps you not get lost. It keepsContinue reading “Anchor of the Soul”

To be a judge is to listen to the evidence, evaluate the arguments, assess presentation, and pronounce a decision. We are judges of some things – big or small. Some of us are judges of inconsequential cases or questions. Others make very important judgments every day. But we all practice the skill of judgement andContinue reading “Judge of the Living and the Dead.”

I come from a family of teachers and my husband is a teacher and well I’m a professor – so teaching runs deep in my veins. Teaching requires preparation, patience, and perseverance. Some of your students appreciate you, some don’t. Sometimes your lessons are great, sometimes they aren’t. But it is totally worth all theContinue reading “Teacher”

Throughout the history of humanity, people have asked to “see God.” Even Moses asked to see God (Exodus 33). And while God showed us He exist in many ways – creation, prophets, miracles, speaking through angels, visions, and His voice speaking directly to some – no one has truly seen God (1 John 4 andContinue reading “The Image of Invisible God”