46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven ...  Read More

16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16When was the last time you felt completely vulnerable at the mercy of nature? Was it the recent floods? The Black Summer bush fires? Or simply gazing up to the constellations, anticipati...  Read More

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.Ephesians 5:8I don’t know about you but I was a pretty quirky kid growing up - and maybe I still am. But I just couldn't settle for being “plain”. I took every opportunity to be a whisper in a crow...  Read More

‘What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.  If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.’James 2...  Read More

15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. 1 Timothy 1:15I am the worst. I am the chief of sinners. N...  Read More

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."Ecclesiastes 3:11 Do you ever depict God as a painter? I love to imagine Him behind a canvas, delighting in every stroke of His brush as he paints life into existence. To me, He is like an unseen painter–His care and effort are constant, even if...  Read More

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.26 My flesh and my heart may fail,    but God is the strength of my heart    and my portion forever.Psalm 73:25-26Fresh into the new year, I can’t think of a better time to fix our eyes and hearts on Jesus.Ask yourself, what good is our life without Him? Who do we have if we don’t have Him? Well, through the overflowin...  Read More

For your ways are in full view of the Lord,    and he examines all your paths.The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;    the cords of their sins hold them fast.For lack of discipline they will die,    led astray by their own great folly.Proverbs 5:21-23We are almost a week out of New Years and I wonder how your resolutions are going? Apparently, most people give up on their resolutions by the 1...  Read More

Relent, Lord! How long will it be?    Have compassion on your servants.Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,    that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,    for as many years as we have seen trouble.May your deeds be shown to your servants,    your splendor to their children.May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; ...  Read More

We are consumed by your anger    and terrified by your indignation.You have set our iniquities before you,    our secret sins in the light of your presence.All our days pass away under your wrath;    we finish our years with a moan.Our days may come to seventy years,    or eighty, if our strength endures;yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.If ...  Read More

Before the mountains were born    or you brought forth the whole world,    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.You turn people back to dust,    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”A thousand years in your sight    are like a day that has just gone by,    or like a watch in the night.Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—    they are like the new grass of the morning:In the morn...  Read More

Lord, you have been our dwelling place    throughout all generations.Before the mountains were born    or you brought forth the whole world,    from everlasting to everlasting you are GodPsalm 90:1-2My kids love watching movies over and over again. This Christmas, it’s been the Croods 2. I won’t make comment about the movie itself, but one line comes to mind as I read the first verses of this Psal...  Read More