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Adoption Process

Eighteen years ago, our daughter and son-in-law adopted a child. It was a long, time-consuming, heart wrenching, and costly process. But this boy has been loved, nurtured, abundantly cared for, and supported for these eighteen years. While I don’t know what his life would have been like if he had not been adopted, I knowContinue reading “Adoption Process”

No Pain, No Gain

Coaches used to tell us, “no pain, no gain”. They meant that unless we endured the suffering of practices, we wouldn’t reap the rewards come gametime. Muscles are built through repeated use under stress. Maturity comes through right reactions to the problems of life, thus building character into our lives. Romans 5:3-5 says, “More thanContinue reading “No Pain, No Gain”

What We Do For Love

Songs have been written about it. Wars have been fought over it. Relationships have endured a lifetime for it. Personal sacrifices to the point of death have been made for. Love motivates us to go to great lengths in order to receive it, give it, and sustain it. Psalm 26:3 says, “For your steadfast loveContinue reading “What We Do For Love”

Hope That Enlivens

In our culture, the word “hope” has fague meaning and usefulness. We use hope to describe the feeling that we want some future good thing to happen, but we also mean that we are not convinced that this good thing will happen the way that we want it to. When God speaks of “hope” inContinue reading “Hope That Enlivens”

Love Received, Love to Give

Among material things, we cannot give what we have not received. You cannot give away a cup of sugar to a neighbor, without somehow receiving sugar from which you can give. While that applies materially, we can give from our heart without first receiving. For instance, you can give a kindness to a stranger, withoutContinue reading “Love Received, Love to Give”

First Things First

The expression, “first things first”, makes a lot of sense to me. Perhaps, it’s the expression’s intrinsic truth that accounts for its widespread usage and enduring quality. For if we don’t do or consider first things first, every succeeding thing becomes harder, if they can be accomplished at all. Jeremiah 2:2 says, “Thus says theContinue reading “First Things First”