The Glory of the Call
Imagine answering the telephone one day and hearing an authoritative voice on the other end offering you a position of immense opportunity. As long as we are imagining (my youngest daughter used to call it ‘imaginating’), let’s take it a step further. Let’s consider that this dignitary is powerful, resourceful, kind, prestigious. Let us add that he is a man of extreme vision. He wants to recruit you. He promises to
Numbering Our Days
In Moses’ Psalm, Psalm 90, he prays, “[Lord], teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (verse 12). What an apt prayer by the leader of Israel! Moses had seen many days. He had spent time as a child in a devout Hebrew household until he was weaned. Then there had been heady days in the Pharaoh’s house learning the culture and ways of Egypt. There
Fear of the Enemy
Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.Psalm 64:1 In this psalm, David petitions God to preserve his life from “fear of the enemy.” He is not asking for preservation from the enemy but from “fear of the enemy.” Fear is a devastating and destructive element. Men call themselves terrorists because their chief goal is not to destroy so much as to terrorize. Men rule
Rainbows
My grandson Cade (who was 5 years old at writing) is always seeing rainbows. Cade finds rainbows in city street puddles, garden sprinklers, car windows, dewdrops on leaves, diamond rings, and other such things. He never seems to miss a rainbow. Cade has a teenage uncle, who in Cade’s mind is always stealing the magic from the rainbow. His uncle wants to explain the scientific reason for the colorful prisms that appear
