I’m setting in a hour I didn’t expect to be able to have. A son sleeps on my shoulder that I dreamed, prayed, and longed for, who just celebrated his first birthday. Fifteen surgeries later, my Wife is the happiest Mother in the world. We had to postpone his party, with everything going on. I saw another couple who got married in a room filled with the photos of the guests that couldn’t attend now. Yet, Nicholas still turned one, and they still got married. Yes there were some adjustments, and many have not been easy, but we are still here. When this virus situation began, Americans were faced with…

Revelation 1:12-13 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. This is one of my favorite chapters in The Bible. I’ve loved it in the KJV for years, but I saw something in the ESV last night. The word translated girdle in the KJV, is sash here. While both mean girdle, it’s the root word that sash points to, which fascinated me. The root is means coupling, also the beam…

On each side of a river, there are mountains, valleys, and areas you’ve never been. The same was true of both Abraham and Jacob. The difference was, Abraham crossed towards Canaan, and Jacob crossed towards Laban. Both were in God’s will. Both had been told to leave where they were, and to go where they had never been. Jacob knee the areas that were new to Abraham, he had grown up around them. Abraham knee the areas that were only stories to Jacob, he had grown up around them. One was the promised land, the other had a promise in the land for Jacob. Both were part of Israel’s story.…