The Wellspring of Life

There is an old saying: “Garbage in, garbage out,” and another one that declares, “You are what you eat.”  We know these are truths that apply to our physical bodies, in that we can’t eat donuts and ice cream all day and expect to be healthy.  But the truth of those sayings goes far beyond our physical beings.  Oswald Chambers referred to the heart as the “birthplace of words.”

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Weary In Well Doing

Here's my confession:  I am weary.  My to-do list is a mile long and my energy is depleted.  I'm overwhelmed by all I need to do and desire to do nothing at all.  I just want a day (or a week) to play hooky from Life.  Would anyone miss me if I checked out for a short sabbatical?  Life would go on without me, and not miss a beat.  The clock would keep ticking and the calendar pages would fly off.  Time stops for no man (or woman).

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Waves of Doubt

Not too long ago I visited the beach in the town where I grew up.  I was amazed at the amount of sand lost due to erosion from summer storms.  I don't know how many thousands of dollars the state spent on beach restoration, but a good twenty-five feet of it was now back at sea.  This day, it was easy to understand why.  The wind, so strong it blew the huge beach flags almost perpendicular to the ground, crashed salty waves into the sandy shore.  The ocean churned with each mighty wave acting as a giant scoop taking more sand out into the open waters.

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Warning: Worry Ahead

While visiting the deserts of Arizona, I decided to go for a walk at dusk. Before I headed out, my father-in-love warned me of all the potential dangers. He said, "there might be javalinas [wild pigs] ready to attack if you get between them and their young. Also there are Africanized bees swarming in the area, and other insects, which are known to be quite dangerous. One neighbor south of me was attacked and barely survived."
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The Call to Difficult Things

Moses was called to a task he didn’t feel equipped to do: Talk with Pharaoh and be the man to lead the Children of Israel out of Egypt. I can just hear him stuttering all his excuses to God. David was the youngest of many sons and yet, God called him to kill Goliath and chose him to be king. Rahab ran the first Underground Railroad for displaced spies. Countless others in God’s Word were called to do hard things.
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