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A Test of Obedience

Rembrandt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons I have a hard time reading Genesis 22. The part Rembrandt depicts here, I can handle that part of the story. It’s the comforting part, the relief part, the it’s-all-okay part. It’s the whole story before the happy ending that’s hard for me. Genesis 22 is the story of God testing Abraham’s obedience. God says, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the… Read more A Test of Obedience →

Too Much

It’s too much. Sometimes life gets to be too much. Then someone, well-intentioned, trying to offer encouragement and support says, “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle.” If… Read more Too Much →

Put Out Into Deep {Coffee for Your Heart}

I’ve been thinking about Peter, the fisherman. Do you know how he moved on from being the fisherman? I like to imagine that it was at the end of an ordinary fishing day, although it might have been a bad day. His boat was empty and he was washing his nets when Jesus asked him to take him out on the water, a little ways from the land. Peter did and Jesus taught the crowd from the boat. When he finished speaking, he said to Peter, “Put out into deep… Read more Put Out Into Deep {Coffee for Your Heart} →