Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. ~Ephesians 5:14 (NIV)~ An eight-thousand-foot mountain rising along Highway 40 in northwestern Colorado sparked my imagination as a child. Each time we drove by it, I would try to visualize its namesake—the Sleeping Giant. Squinting, I could see the outline of […]
Words have the power to encourage and inspire us. And they also have the power to hurt us and trample on our hope. How do you use words? To uplift and encourage? Or to tear down and harm? I wish I could to tell you that 100% of the time my words solely lift others […]
A few years ago, my family discovered robin eggs in a nest wedged between the branches of a tree in our yard. Shortly after our discovery, the eggs hatched and three baby robins huddled together in the small nest. Frail and flightless, the babies depended on their parents to deliver worms from sunrise to sunset. […]
(4)But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, (5) made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. (6) And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, (7) […]
You have made my days a mere handbreadth; The span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s life is but a breath. ~Psalm 39:5 (NIV)~ When was the last time you stepped back and expressed a deep gratitude for the gift of life? I’d love to say that every day I wake […]