Inscribed By God
Thud. Thud. Thud. My lungs burned as I forced my feet forward step by step. Focus, Debbie, focus. I tried to distract myself from how painful each breath was becoming by watching my daughter scooter carefree in front of me. She had decided to join me on this Saturday morning jog. Good thing, too. It […]
Laundry. Heaps of laundry pile in baskets, hampers, and sometimes onto the floor. It’s never-ending. Over and over again, day after day, there’s laundry greeting you as you go into your bedroom, bathroom, basement, or laundry room. According to this statistic I found from the Bureau of Labor, the average American woman spends 17 minutes […]
How many times have we sung the words, “I will bless the Lord,” or some variation thereof, to various tunes? I know I have, and I meant it every single time. In my mind, me blessing the Lord was speaking and singing His praises. That is part of it, yes; I do believe it blesses […]
As I continued to listen, I heard Him say, “Do NOT shelter in fear or in anger, but shelter in My presence and My heart for it is My presence that contains My power which goes before you and overcomes the darkness. Does fear advance My kingdom? Does anger? Division? Is this how My people […]
“I can’t BELIEVE you! How could you do this to me?” Emily stormed off, angry tears streamed down her cheeks. She vowed she would never trust her best, or ex, best friend ever again. She slammed the front door, stomped down the hall, and threw herself onto her bed. Never again. We’re done, forever. Years […]
Imagine you’re at a carnival, and a little boy goes up to play a game. He throws a ball into the air, it arcs, and BAM! Into the cup! The man behind the counter of the tent hands him some candy. YES! He throws another ball into the air. It soars and…WHOOSH! Into another cup! […]
Vroom! Zoom! I was having a blast. I was young, had just ditched my junior driver’s license, and I was free! I was finally free to hang out with my friends to all hours of the night. Looking back, of course, I think I was CRAZY to forgo all of those beautiful hours of sleep, […]
Glitter. If there’s one lesson I learned after having kids, it’s DO NOT BUY GLITTER. Of course, I figured this out AFTER I bought my girls a largish pack of glitter with multiple colors. After purchasing this now-unforgettable pack of glitter, I wrapped it in nondescript plastic shopping bags and placed securely it at the […]
This is the final installment of the “Inscribed” post series. In the first part we discovered that covenants are established by cutting and that God’s covenant law was established by cutting His code into a rock. In the second part we took a look at our metaphorical hearts of stone that were dead in sin […]
In Part 1, we discovered that God establishes covenants with cutting of something. When He established His covenant with the Israelites, He used His finger to cut His code of righteousness into stone tablets. Recall our launch verse, Jeremiah 31:33 says, “For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after […]