1 Samuel 16:7 NIV The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. As I walked along the beach, I saw this rock formation covered with barnacles, limpets, and clams. I thought it looked more like a shaggy old buffalo than an ocean rock! It…
Psalm 96:11-12 CEB 11 Let heaven celebrate! Let the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it roar!12 Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate! Then all the trees of the forest too will shout out joyfully!
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
Before Jesus asks us to bear fruit, He wants us to love. Without love, the fruit we bear is not authentic – it’s just works for the sake of works. Therefore, is it even fruit?
Camp Polk Nature Preserve, Sisters, OR Proverbs 10:9 NIV Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out. “You are not your sister’s keeper.” My mom knew I was coming to tell her a tale about my sister. What I didn’t know was that she had been witness to the entire…
