God’s Patient Love
Read: Hosea 2:14-20 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. (v. 14) When I was in second grade, a boy in my class swore he would hold his breath until the girl he liked said she liked him back. Fearfully watching as his face turned […]
Passionate Love
Read: Hosea 2:14-20 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. (v. 14) When I was in second grade, a boy in my class swore he would hold his breath until the girl he liked said she liked him back. Fearfully watching as his face turned […]
What’s in a Name?
Read: Hosea 1:6-10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.” (v. 10) Did you […]
Trust and Obey
Read: Hosea 1:1-3 “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD.” (v. 2 NIV) The four most frustrating words I heard as a teenager were, “Because I said so.” From my perspective, some commands my parents gave me made […]
Your Will Be Done, Lord
Read: Mark 14:32-41 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” (v. 36) Jesus would have loved to bypass the cross. He knew it would be painful and lonely. Though he didn’t want to hang on that cross, […]
Waiting on Him
Read: Jude 17-25 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. (vv. 20-21) Remember when you were a child, the best part of the whole […]
Being Christ’s Disciples
Read: 1 Corinthians 13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (v. 13) One of the good things about having a disability is meeting some wonderful and helpful people. I look back fondly on two physical therapists I had when I was younger. They were very […]
Mountain Reminders
Read: Psalm 125 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. (v. 1) It was a beautiful Southern California day in late January. The weeks of rain and cold weather had given way to sun, Santa Ana winds, and warmer temperatures. While riding to school in […]
The “Why” Question
Read: John 9:1-12 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. (v. 3) Why am I in a wheelchair? Why is it so hard for me to make myself understood? Why, Lord, why? The disciples posed the same question to […]