All Blog Posts Tagged 'devotional' (4)

The word "love" is often used without much thought. We use it to describe our affections for everything from people ("I love Bette Midler") to food items ("I love chocolate ice cream") to items of clothing ("I love those shoes"). Human love is imperfect, and often based on how others respond to us and what others can do for us--a "strings-attached" kind of love. Ah, but perfect love... God Is Love. "...God is love." (1 John 4:8b, NIV) I've written other blog posts on who God is. (If you're… Continue

In my first post on this topic, I mentioned that I would post more about who God is throughout the year. Here is more of what I've learned as I've read my Bible on a Bible reading plan to carry me through the entire Bible in a year. God is gracious, compassionate, patient, and mercifully loving. "Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity." (Joel 2:13b, NIV) He shows favor when it's not deserved… Continue

If God is so loving, then why do people suffer? In particular, why do bad things happen to good people? These questions are as old as time itself. In my chronological Bible reading plan, I've been reading from the book of Job. (Yes, you heard me right. Though the book of Job may not have been written until much later, there is evidence to suggest that Job may have lived at the same time as Abraham.) For those of you who may not be familiar with the story of Job, he was a man described as "...b… Continue

Have you ever had one of those moments when you sensed God's Spirit telling you to do something? One of those moments much like what Peter must have felt when God told him to put his nets down once more? You don't really have time. You don't really want to do it. That's what I experienced recently when I stumbled across this video. I gave in and took the time to watch it, and was moved to tears by how gracious and loving our heavenly Father is. (See http://wordvessel.blogspot.com to watch thi… Continue