Daily we hear about the devastating losses people are experiencing world-wide through one catastrophe or another, natural or man-made. There’s no shortage of heart-rending stories how people are suffering. Millions, if not more, are living in fear, vulnerable to unhealthy coping methods, buying into the wrong message, putting their faith and trust where it wasContinue reading “Fear Not”
Category Archives: Jesus, God, Followers, Believers, Forgiveness, Hope
Living Water – Thirst No More
In the gospel account of Jesus Talks to A Samaritan Woman in the book of John (Chapter 4), Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob – and going against custom he asks her to draw him a drink because he’s tired and thirsty. She was surprised by this because Jews don’t associateContinue reading “Living Water – Thirst No More”
Living Free
“Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. 1 Pe 2:16 No matter what degree of freedom we have, every decade we notice ours and our children’s freedom shrinking; our spaces growing tighter, opportunities eerily being defined by external circumstances beyond ourContinue reading “Living Free”
By His Wounds We are Healed
It’s been said that time heals all wounds, but most of us have figured out that saying really isn’t true. It’s not true because wounds can pile one on top of the other if they’re not dealt with. Then one day someone lashes out, hurting themselves further and often, others. Fatally at times. Time aloneContinue reading “By His Wounds We are Healed”
Meaning, Significance, and Purpose
In the 1970’s, John Cougar [Mellencamp] released an album with the highly cynical title of Nothing Matters and What If It Did? There’s not much you can add to that, as the message pretty much shuts any conversation down. Likewise, several hundred years before Jesus arrives, King Solomon, also known as The Teacher in theContinue reading “Meaning, Significance, and Purpose”
From Betrayal to Life
Jesus, being fully God and fully man, knew all things past, present and future, yet that didn’t stop him from loving and pouring himself into his betrayer, Judas. For 3 years he taught and served his 12 apostles for the ministry that lay ahead. In the gospel accounts of the Last Supper, Jesus confronts Judas’Continue reading “From Betrayal to Life”
Peace for a Troubled World
In Jesus’ day his followers were devastated when he was crucified. In fear and astonishment they ran away and scattered. When Jesus returns 3 days later, it was sheer relief for his disciples after what looked and felt like agonizing defeat and much to their delight they gather, spending time with Jesus as he continuesContinue reading “Peace for a Troubled World”
A Friend To Turn To
Mildred was a widow for 3 years when we met. At 88 yrs. old she was working in the garden of her 850 sq. ft. home where she and her husband had raised their 4 kids. Over the next 11 years we would meet together at her house and once when the topic of livingContinue reading “A Friend To Turn To”
Blue Fjord Devotionals 