Flutterby Lessons

"Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 ESV The atmosphere radically changed as we stepped through the protective barrier into the glass house. The five-story, 15,000-square-foot tropical habitat housing the United States' largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibition was a…

Fingerprints

“When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him?” Psalm…

What do you know?

There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.... My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge…. Hosea 4:1, 6 In case you missed it, here’s a news flash. We live…

Open Wounds

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, Who forgives all your iniquity, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy….  Psalm 103:2-4 Last week I…

Scarred

"He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed." 1 Peter 2:24 ESV Back in the olden days, my momma and most other…

It’s Personal

“I have called you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1b What’s your reaction when you sit down for a conversation and the first words spoken by the other person are, “Look, it’s nothing personal…”? I don’t know about you, but my…

Overflowing

“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:11 ESV "He Said Good Things" Instrumental by Headlund from Epidemic Sound We stood in neat little rows, dressed in…

Unfinished Business

. . .Let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith... Hebrews 12:1b-2a Do you…

Unopened Gifts

Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15 Do you remember the excitement and hope-filled expectations of your childhood birthdays and Christmases? How about Easter and Halloween? These special days created delightful anticipation for us as children because of…

Put Off, Put On

It was a typical Sunday morning during my teen years; I was running late (again). This time because I couldn’t decide what to wear to church. I grabbed a Springy-print, long-sleeved, pullover dress. Arms first into the tight long sleeves, then I…

Hope in Hopeless Times

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." Romans 15:14 Look around. This world often seems hopeless – do you see it…

Closed Doors

“They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. …And the LORD shut him in.” Genesis 7:15-16 The permanently closed door at the top of the stairs held an irresistible…

Fragrant

“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere.” 2 Corinthians 2:14 Not long ago, I opened the worn cover of my mother’s much-read Bible…

Living in the Not Yet

“If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.” 1 Corinthians 8:2 Long road trips in the days prior to in-car video players, entertainment-streaming electronic devices, 8-track tape players, or FM radio got boring…

Unchanging

"For I the LORD do not change; therefore you...are not consumed.”  Malachi 3:6 The only constant is change. If I had a quarter for every time I heard or used that expression during my corporate career, well…I’d have a whole lot of…