Author Archives: Adonai's Appeal

Commitment is a thing of the past it seems. People break their word all the time. Make promises they don’t mean or really ever meant in the first place. People back out of relationships or situations when they get hard, uncomfortable, or no longer what they expected or wanted. People aren’t dedicated to improvement. SoContinue reading “We Belong to Each Other”

It has always been so weird to me that we act like the Song of Solomon doesn’t exist. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it read from in the pulpit or used in a Bible class. I mean even in our marriage class for just my husband and I we didn’t read from it andContinue reading “The Banqueting Hall of Love”

Let us hear the beginning and the end of Solomon’s wisdom. After he introduces himself and the purpose of Proverbs, the very first piece of advice Solomon gives is to fear the Lord. He tells his son and future readers that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Now, turn to theContinue reading “The beginning and end”

Today is the Lord’s Day. Solomon tried it all. Money. Power. Friends. Women. Stuff. Prestige. Work. Laziness. Pleasure. Parties. Knowledge. Everything this world has to the answer to life’s meaning and fulfillment, Solomon tried. And every single one came back empty and meaningless. Why was that? Was it necessarily wrong to work hard and gainContinue reading “The End of the Matter”

We are or were all young. And then, we are and will all become old. It is the nature of life. Our younger days are often filled with fun, recklessness, pride, and often bad choices. We think “oh, I am young, there is always tomorrow to be serious and responsible” or “oh, I’m young, GodContinue reading “Remember your Creator”

It is very rare that national leaders have support from everyone in their country. Generally, their policies and approaches are favored by some and hated by others. When we happened to be in the group that dislikes the current leadership, how often do we in private say awful things about them or think them? TheContinue reading “Listening Little Birdies”

We work so hard to control our lives. In many respects, God wants us to work hard and not become dependent on good luck or others. But in our effort to become completely self sufficient we have deluded ourselves into thinking we can control everything. So, when things unexpected or unprepared for or unwanted happen,Continue reading “Time & Chance”

We’ve all heard the phrase “the good ole days” especially when folks are bemoaning the present and the state of the world and society. We exclaim or think to ourselves, man life was so much better in the ________s. (Insert the decade or era of your choice). And look, for those of you who don’tContinue reading “The Good Ole Days”

In general, we’d rather experience and/or attend fun and happy times and events. We don’t look forward to the hard and challenging times because they are…hard and challenging. But the most growth and perspective happens during those hard and difficult times. I’ll give you a very superficial silly example. When I work out I oftenContinue reading “Mourning vs. Happiness”

We normally associate the work vow with marriage ceremonies. But the word itself means a solemn or serious promise. You know phrases like “his word is his bond” or “you can take that to the bank” or “she’s a woman of her word” are all about when someone promises to do something for you, thenContinue reading “Pay Your Vow.”