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During Spring Break, thirteen people headed up to Brooklyn, New York to help at Bay Ridge Baptist Church.
You may ask, “Why would someone want to spend almost a week away from their family, use up a whole week of vacation, and be in Brooklyn—a city that you wouldn’t necessarily consider to be the safest place to be?”
Well, the short answer is that we love the Lord!
Every garden must have yellow flowers, because they are my favorite—pansies, tickseeds, mums, black-eyed Susans, sunflowers. And I happen to like dandelions as well!
I know that I’m one of the very few who does, because most people are interested in a well-groomed lawn rather than the yellow polka-dots of these flowers in the grass….
As much of the country paused this week to witness the celestial spectacle of a solar eclipse, I was reminded of what the psalmist said in Psalm 19:1—the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork.
Hope thou in God.
What does that phrase really mean? How can I make sure my hope is in IN GOD: not me, or another person, or my circumstances?
Thus began my study of Biblical hope, and it took me much deeper than I ever would have imagined…
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Every man for himself!”
I’ve said this jokingly after disturbing a bee’s nest and many other times when self preservation quickly became my top priority.
Since the beginning of time, man has been tempted to look out for himself at the neglect of others. In Genesis 4, God asks Cain, “Where is Abel thy brother?” to which Cain replies, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Perhaps surprising to Cain, the answer is and continues to be a resounding “yes!”
Spring has sprung!
Well, almost. Technically, it’s still winter.
But, in my yard, the daffodils are nodding their cheerful heads, and the peach tree is about to burst into a glorious froth of pink blossom. So, like any good gardener, I grab my clippers and head out to prune…and weed and fertilize and transplant…
Home is a powerful word. Over 1,000 movie titles have the word “home” in them, and home is a central, emotional motif of much literature and art in general.
Whether you’ve gone away to war, college, or vacation, coming home just feels special.
Scripture gives us a few examples of homecomings…
The well-known, well-loved gospel song, “The Love of God,” at first reading might seem to be filled with hyperbole. Descriptions of God’s love as reaching beyond the highest star or the lowest hell, outlasting earth, stretching to eternity, and requiring oceans of ink, worlds of pens and scribes, and skies of paper to begin its telling strain our rational minds.
Yet, these comparisons are not hyperbole because they are literally true…
When I was twelve years old, I attended the funeral for my 5-year-old cousin, Ronda, who had died of cancer. As difficult as that time was, it did not compare with the loss of both parents just three weeks apart last spring. I had a living hope that this separation was only temporary, and I would see them again. I claimed many promises from Scripture to sustain me, but I still sorrowed because my heart was broken.
And I let the sorrow overtake me…
In moments of profound loss and grief, we often find ourselves searching for an anchor—something to hold onto when the waves of sorrow threaten to overwhelm us. As I sat quietly in the van on the way home from a memorial service this past weekend in Atlanta, I was reminded of the timeless hymn, “Abide with Me.”
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