Do we want to hear from God ourselves, or would we rather someone else tells us what God wants us to know? If we figure hearing from God directly is too intimidating, we tend to go with listening to or reading what others have to say He said. Before long, we’re into “he said He […]
Desert Days – Diner Days in the Manna Cabana
I have the funniest greeting card with a Manna Cabana cartoon on the front. The daily specials are listed as 1) Manna, 2) Manna, 3) Manna and 4) Manna. Take your pick from today’s options. Manna it is! Though I laugh every time I come across that picture when digging through my card selection, it’s […]
Desert Days – Song for a Desert Bride
Tonight, I want to sing but I am tired. I’ve missed singing, but this evening all I want is a lullaby sung over me. This Sunday evening puts to rest an intense week. It was full of physical activity and emotional draw in my workplace, as well as precious too-little time with family who lives […]
Desert Days – Sanctuary
When I was elementary school age, one of our family vacations included a visit to a cave’s interior. You know the kind…where the guide turns out the flashlight and the inky blackness is so thick, you cannot see your hand in front of your face. If you were to try to move, all sense of […]
Desert Days – Standing at the Border
Earlier this week I came across a teaching that is the capstone my spirit has been waiting for to bring closure to this series on Desert Days. Instinctively, I’ve known for several weeks that the shift was coming but recognized that waiting for God’s timing was key. On the Jewish calendar there is a specific […]
Desert Days – The Eye of the Needle
You know it’s been a long week when it stretches into two… I left us all standing at the border between the desert and the Promised Land. While I was waiting on dusty tiptoes, you may have started tapping an impatient toe or two of your own. I apologize. I was practicing tonight’s blog… The […]
The Place that Overlooks the Desert
There are times the Lord allows the perfect storm because He alone has the perfect strategy. We are a less-blessed people if we engage the belief that the desert is simply a desert…a dry, dusty, tiresome, boring, miserable, endless trek with no good purpose. Even the desert has its times of victory! However, the only […]
Rest On Every Side
Before Tolstoy ever lived to pen his epic War and Peace, God had already put into operation the ebb and flow of wars fought, battles lost, victories won, and then… peace. Last week’s post about Jehoshaphat and the vast army that came against him and God’s people (The Place that Overlooks the Desert) was full […]
Desert Days – Leaning on Her Beloved
“Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her Beloved?” (Song of Solomon 8:5 LITV) Some attribute these words to the bridegroom in the love story of the Song of Solomon. Others cite the question as being posed by the Shulamite’s friends. Both may be theologically correct. But I know what resonates […]
Special Edition for The 9th of Av
Dear Readers, Three years ago (August 2011) I wrote two posts (links below) concerning the importance of the 9th of Av – commemorated every year by the Jews as a day of mourning and fasting. Today, August 4 sundown to Tuesday, August 5 nightfall is the 9th of Av on the Jewish calendar. Those of […]