Genesis 2:8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground– trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. We can all agree that […]
The Garden of Eden—even the name suggests abundance, everything lush and beautiful. The romantic view is that the Garden was a tropical paradise, replete with flowering plants and with jungle-like, untamed greenery both wild and wonderful. Kind of like Costa Rica, only better. Sorry to pop your bubble, but Costa Rica and even Hawaii aren’t […]
Genesis 1:9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: […]
God loves a good garden. God loves farming. And God loves using horticultural and agricultural imagery and analogy. From the very beginning of the Bible (Genesis) to the final chapter of Revelation, there are gardens and agricultural imagery which God uses to teach us about Himself and about the world in which we live. Mankind […]
Wishing all my gardening and theology friends a Happy New Year! Isn’t it amazing how many flowers look like fireworks? I was thinking about that this morning as I was watching the westward setting of the biggest, most beautiful full moon I can ever remember on a New Year’s Day. Looking eastward over Lake Michigan […]
Another year gone by. A 2018 ahead as a year of promise, a year of hope. Why do I say that? Well, I prefer optimism to pessimism and I think it’s more biblical. God emphasizes not fearing the future. He reminds us He’s still God. God’s focus is always on hope, faith, trust, and giving […]
Luke 2:20 “The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.” What is the Christmas miracle the shepherds celebrated? It’s not that virgins give birth or that women wrap their babies in cloths and put them in mangers. Nothing is […]
In the rush of Christmas preparations, do you ever stop and Be Still in order to ponder the true meaning of Christmas? There’s so much noise regarding Christmas that we can miss what should be truly treasured. To ask ourselves, “What Child is this?” In Luke 2:19, we read, But Mary treasured up all these […]
Would you drop everything and leave it all behind to see what had been announced to you? The shepherds did. They even double-timed it to get there. Curiosity can be a great motivator. But angelic messengers were a definite plus. “When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one […]
Now it’s not just one angel doing the proclaiming and worshiping. As we continue our look at the birth narrative of Christ in our Advent 2017 Devotional Series, Still Christmas, we see the angel count has grown. Now, it’s a multitude. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God […]
