Monthly Archives: December 2012

Sinning in the process of contending is bad, but refusing to contend can be worse because it allows Satan to eat away at our core uncontested.  As a result, I have learned to raise my hand and question God, not … Continue reading →

“If four workers can build a shed in fifteen hours, how many workers will it take to build a shed in three hours?”  Who cares! Alright, the manager of the project might care.  But there is no such person because … Continue reading →

When Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery in the Old Testament account, they put his life in danger and brought incredible pain into their father Jacob’s life.  In the years that followed Joseph was slandered, imprisoned and abandoned, but God … Continue reading →

Logic sustains for a moment because it provides a mechanism by which we maintain order in our lives.  Yet, if we conclude the timing of our circumstances is disproportionate, we must also decide if this is an issue of fairness … Continue reading →

Dear Morning Devotion Group, Our devotion entries for the #2 Pencil Faith series have been on hold for a couple of days as I have been busy participaing in our church family’s Christmas production.  Entries will resume on Tuesday morning. Blessings, … Continue reading →

Bad timing not only leads us to ask “Why now?” but it stirs up the first question as well.  If our trials merely occur at an inconvenient moment in our lives, we might more easily endure.  But when we experience … Continue reading →

If we cannot be guaranteed of an answer to the question “Why me?” then perhaps we will be more fortunate with the partner of this demonic duo, “Why now?”  If God, in His wisdom, has chosen not to spare us … Continue reading →

Honesty and confession puts us in a better position to hear God, but they don’t guarantee an answer to the “Why me?” question.  In truth, we may never have a satisfactory answer, at least in this life. I have always … Continue reading →

Once we have leveled with God, our hearts are capable of confession.  Does the thought of confessing our faults to a God we believe to be partially responsible for our pain bother you?  Then we have all the more reason … Continue reading →

A first healthy step in coming to peace with God’s behavior toward us is to be honest about our feelings.  If we were crying out as victims of a crime and a policeman walked by without stopping to help, we would … Continue reading →