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Uphill, Downhill, and Level Ground

Recently, I hiked several trails in the mountains of a national park. All the trails were surrounded by majestic beauty. The uphill portions of the trails were slow going and quickly drained my energy. The downhill portions of the trails were easier and quicker in many ways, but they were also more dangerous as itContinue reading “Uphill, Downhill, and Level Ground”

Revive Our Hearts

Coffee has taken over our culture. Coffee houses are open on virtually every corner and are constantly busy. Many people need their morning coffee in order to become revived from a hard previous day and to energize for the day ahead. Psalm 69:32-33 says, “When the humble see it they will be glad; you whoContinue reading “Revive Our Hearts”

Read the Signs

Roadside signs warn us of dangers ahead and lead us in the direction we want to go. Signs along hiking trails do much the same things. Failure to heed the warnings and go in the direction that the signs lead will take us into danger and lead us away from the direction we want toContinue reading “Read the Signs”

Completed Plans

We make plans for everything. We plan what we will do today. We prepare for our vocation with experience and education. Then we plan time off from this vocation with vacation plans. We plan for marriage and family. Ultimately, we plan for retirement and death. Our plans, however, are fallible as we do not controlContinue reading “Completed Plans”

Not Hiding

As kids, we would play hide and seek. We would try to find clever places to hide and to keep from being found. Some of us think that is what God does with mankind. We think that God is keeping Himself from being found, so we devise all these clever ways of finding God. WeContinue reading “Not Hiding”