A great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me. 1 Corinthians 16:9 Have you ever had a day that just doesn’t go right… at all? You just feel “off.” Normal tasks seemed to take forever, nothing comes easy and Murphy’s law rules the day: “Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” It feels like the whole world is set against you. I have them from time to time… I struggle to…
About a month ago I got a call from Xfinity saying that they wanted to upgrade our cable box at no extra charge. Up until this point, we had no problems with our existing box. But if Comcast says the new one is better, who am I to argue? So, I agreed, and they sent us the new box, complete with a new remote control and instructions on how to return the old box. Except the new box stopped working…
Quote of the week: “Woah, I am really out of shape!” Recently both Justin and Katelyn got summer jobs at Shady Maple farm market. Justin’s been working in the meat department and Katelyn’s at the Snack Shack near the main entrance. I’m proud of the kids, they are hard workers. It’s been a great experience for them and their first job in Lancaster County. And the 5% discount on groceries and the inside scoop on all of the specials has…
It’s a familiar scenario that happened seven times in Jesus’ ministry. It’s Saturday and Jesus sees a man or woman in desperate need of help. He speaks the word and they experience immediate Divine healing. However, the Jewish leaders are watching, and they get all bent out of shape over the fact that Jesus did “work” on the Sabbath. Sometimes Jesus just ignores them. Other times he rebukes them and points out their hypocrisy, but in John 5, after healing…
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest… Hebrews 4:9-11 This past week was our vacation and absolutely nothing went according to plan. Originally, we were supposed to be in Shanghai, China. It’s been 10 amazing years since Katelyn came home, and in celebration, we and a group of other Bethany Christian Services adoption…