This verse caught my eye: 1 Cor 8:3
“But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.” http://read.ly/1Cor8.3.NLT
Do I truly love Him? Does He recognize me?
Life Question #2
Think about a close friend or family member. In what way does this person reflect God? Does he or she possess a quality or trait that reflects what must be like?
When I started thinking about this question I thought it would be easy to answer, but as it turns out it was a LOT trickier [...]
Life Question #1
Think of a time when when you noticed — really noticed the beauty of the natural world?
The outdoor world has always been soothing to me. Some days I notice every little detail and others I only notice the sun beating down on me.
Last fall there was a day that I got really bad news about [...]
Life Question #12
Do people still rely on covenants or contracts today? What purpose do they serve?
Yes, contracts are still in use today but they seem to be used to punish people when they do not do as they had agreed to do they are two sided documents. When God makes a covenant with some person or nation [...]
Just a few of the names of God
Elohim – Let’s start with a common term for “God.” In fact, it’s the third word in the Hebrew version of Genesis. It’s used more than 2,500 times in the Old Testament alone. Some scholars say the word comes from “strong,” while others say “fear.” Either way it makes sense. What’s interesting is that some [...]
Life Queston #24
Jacob longed for a wife. Rachel longed for children. What do you want more than anything else?
I find myself in Jacob and in Rachel on this one but what I want more than anything else is not just one thing…it can all be grouped in to a phrase that I hate more than [...]
Verse that is on my Heart : John 11:35
Jesus Wept.
Note from Trisha: James died yesterday. I have not been this heartbroken in a long time. The story that this verse is in brings me some comfort, if Christ loved a friend so dearly that he wept at the death, even knowing all the plans that lay ahead and knowing that he [...]
