Month: February 2012

"They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze …." Genesis 3:8 Have always loved that word picture.  The Creator of all things taking in a peaceful evening stroll (though…

Today is Ash Wednesday, a day of contemplation, of repentance, of recognition of our mortality.  Seem pretty depressing?  It needn't be. If you can't take part in a worship service with others on this day, for whatever reason, please take…

"Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed." Genesis 27:27 That is a pretty, poetic, picture. (Even though it was wound into a story of betrayal.) And the sense of…

"The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs." Psalm 114:4 I have always liked that word picture, and it has often made me grin to imagine the mountains and hills skipping around in joy.  (It is called anthropomorphizing, and…

"And God said,' and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky. …. So God created … every winged bird of every kind.  And God saw that it was good."  Genesis 1:20-21 Stepping outside again the…