Trials

Trials

I have shared that I am not bothered so much by Scripture that I do not understand. Often it is the clearest Scriptures that I wrestle with. James 1:2 is one such passage.“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials”In my flesh that makes no sense...
Covenant Relationship

Covenant Relationship

“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things” Heb 1:1When God spoke through the prophets in the Old Testament, He did so in...
Blind Bartimaeus

Blind Bartimaeus

The story of Bartimaeus in Mark 10 always makes me stop and think. Here is a blind man sitting at the side of the road begging. How else could he survive? He hears a crowd of people and a commotion. “What’s going on? Someone tell me!” Jesus was coming his way. I can...