Jesus fed 5000 but only 500 followed him after lunch. He had 12 disciples but only 3 went further in the garden, and only 1 stood with him at the cross. The closer you get to the cross the smaller the crowd becomes. (T F Tenney ) As Gina Christian adds: “But...
“Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.” To what is the Psalmist directing our attention in Psalm 8:2? Anyone with the capacity for compassion and interest in the...
“Gratefulness is more than a feeling that comes over us when good things happen. It’s an active search to notice and be present to the goodness already around us — gaining eyes to see and ears to hear the abundance God has woven into the world.” (...
Each morning I stir awake, check the time projected in red digital numerals on my ceiling from the bedside clock, remind myself of what day it is, then reach for my phone to open the seedbed.com daily Wake Up Call devotional. Before Bill died our morning routine was...
The ISAAC PRINCIPLE revisited: Several years ago I read Carol Kent’s book, “When I Lay My Isaac Down.” From that and other things God was using in my life at the moment, I discovered what I have come to call The Isaac Principle: It is in the...
From November 6, 2015…. “Today on my way home from a trip with a student, we made a detour through my family’s hometown, Clayton, AL. I stopped at the cemetery next door to the United Methodist Church there to visit my Daddy’s grave. The...
