We Misperceive in the Dark

Amos 2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof Years ago, I took a jeep trail in Northern Arizona to a place called Havasu Point. It is basically a peninsula that juts out into the middle of...

God Will Restore When We Return

Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you One year I was on a roll. In our travels pulling my travel trailer I nearly ran out of fuel three...

Calamity Should Turn Us to God

Joel 1:19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field My mom grew up in the home of a fourth, fifth or even sixth generation farmer. John and Hulda Bingham moved from their...

Sin Grows in Inattentive People

Hosea 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not My phone reminds me of how old I am pretty much every day. This morning it showed me pictures of two and five years ago this very...

Faith Means Waiting on God

Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth If you ask anyone who is engaged to be married how many days until they are going to be wed, they can probably tell you. They probably know it exactly. Waiting is part of what faith is. When we talk about knowing the day you are...