Have you ever miscalculated the distance you’ve traveled only to realize you’re only halfway there? A few years ago, Tom and I were in Sequoia National Park and decided to go on a hike. The guide at our lodge gave us the directions of how to get to the head of the trail, and then …
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Traveling Route 66
Did you know that the historic Route 66 is hardly visible these days? If you want to travel this old highway, you must first map out your route using the computer in order to know where to go and how to get there. In studying the book of Hebrews this year, I’ve become quite familiar …
Weekly Oil
Read Hebrews 9:23-28Read Bible Speaks Today pages 168-172
Weekly Oil
I had the opportunity one year to go on a road trip with my Mom through the mid west with my children. We happened upon a little town where Laura Ingalls lived and went to school. Upon entering the one room school house, we were able to imagine what life was like for her in …
Post Card #9 – The Bumpy Road
You know I’ve been thinking a lot about bumpy roads. We have a road near our home that has speed bumps in regular intervals for about a mile. Whenever I take that road I know I’m going to go over those bumps! When my children were little they used to beg me to go down …
Weekly Assignment vs. Weekly Oil
Somehow “Weekly Assignment” sounds so uninviting, yet reading God’s Word should be inviting to the Christian soul. I think a better term to use would be “Weekly Oil”. A car’s engine needs good clean oil to run smoothly, and we, too, need the oil of the Spirit to live our lives as God intends. It …