Yes, we’re back at 2 Kings 4:1-7, with the familiar account of the woman with nothing but a pot of oil.  I was getting ready to close up shop when the thought hit me about the widowed woman.  Previously, we’ve talked about how she didn’t have anything except a pot of oil.  Then we discussed the importance of her shutting…

You’re not ready. When Peter said, “I’m ready to go with you all the way to death,” his declaration was tested – and failed. He wasn’t as ready as he thought. Peter meant what he said in that moment. He felt so strongly that he contested Jesus’ very words-‘You’re wrong, Lord.’ Oh, I’m certain all of us can relate –…

I was thinking about Joseph when he told his brothers, “You meant it for evil but God meant it for good.” Then my mind fell on Potiphar’s wife and the lie she told about Joseph. No, it wasn’t an oversight, or a moment where she “misspoke” – that woman meant to lie about Joseph’s behavior. She knew he ran from…

That’s what the man at the pool of Bethesda, along with countless others who were sick, were waiting for.  They’d witnessed in prior times that, every so often, an angel would come and trouble the waters, and the first sick person who stepped in was instantly healed.  So waiting was good.   But the issue was that once you knew…

Waiting.  I was sitting at the computer doing just that – waiting on what the Lord would give me for today’s devotional when Jonah’s name rang again.  To be transparent, I wasn’t really feeling super excited about returning to Jonah so soon. I was waiting for something, but not Jonah. “What, now, Lord?” But, uh, okay, Lord, here we go again. So…