I've had an Epiphany!

Daniel 4:19-37 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was horrified for a moment, and his thoughts troubled him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream and its meaning trouble you. Belteshazzar answered, “My Lord, if only the dream were about your enemies and its meaning about your foes! 20 The tree which you saw grew and became strong. Its height reached to heaven, and it was visible to the whole earth. 21 Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit was abundant, and food for all was on it. The wild animals lived under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches. 22 You are the tree, Your Majesty. For you have grown, and you have become great, and your greatness has increased and reached to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth. 23 “And you, Your Majesty, saw a watcher, who was a holy one, coming down from heaven, and he said, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it. However, leave the stump of its root in the ground, with an iron and bronze band a...

Dear Diary, Who would have known that a famine in another country would change my life the way it did?   A famine that the LORD sent on his own people for their disobedience caused an Israelite family to seek refuge in my homeland, the country of Moab.   We are descendants of Abraham’s nephew, Lot. Who would have known that they would be humble, faithful people who followed the ways of the LORD God who had performed might deeds that were known by all the nations of our little part of the world.   There was that amazing rescue from the mighty Egyptians when he opened the waters of the Red Sea so they could cross on dry ground...and then 40 years later it happened again as the people walked through the flooded Jordan River so they could enter the land of the Canaanites and Hivites and Jebusites.   Then we heard how the walls of Jericho collapsed with no more than just the shouts of the people.   Water from rocks?   Manna from heaven?   Victo...

Romans 13:11-14 11 And do this since you understand the present time. It is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is almost over, and the day is drawing near. So let us put away the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light. 13 Let us walk decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual sin and wild living, not in strife and jealousy. 14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give any thought to satisfying the desires of your sinful flesh. Keep alert. Stand firm in the faith. Demonstrate manly courage. Be strong. (1 Corinthians 16:13) Amen. George woke up to a racket on the roof of his up-north cottage. In his Batman pajamas, he staggered into the back yard to find a woodpecker on the TV antenna. The bird was relentlessly banging his little brains out on the metal pole. George was irritated with the woodpecker for waking hi...

Creation: Psalm 8 1  O  Lord , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Set this glory of yours above the heavens.   2  From the lips of little children and nursing babies you have established strength because of your foes, to put a stop to the enemy and the avenger. 3  Whenever I look up at your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place— 4  what is man that you remember him, the son of man that you pay attention to him! 5  Nevertheless, you make him suffer need, apart from God for a while, but you crown him with glory and honor. 6  You make him the ruler over the works of your hands. You put everything under his feet: 7  all flocks and cattle, and even the wild animals, 8  the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, which pass through the currents of the seas. 9  O  Lord , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! On December 7, 1972,...