Uplook

Life seems to leave so many ragged edges. Death intrudes, seemingly so haphazard when it comes calling. But is it possible that ALL our days are actually numbered? Are the passing of little babes and mothers in midlife just as certainly in God’s plan as those well...

The recounting of this story still chokes me up when I remember it. What to do when trouble is heaped on trouble? Or as Horatio Spafford put it after the death of his three daughters: “When sorrows like sea billows roll.” One wave may take your feet out from under...

This is a story about a lonely school teacher and the importance of self editing. In his darkest days, Jeremiah declared: "My strength and my hope have perished from the Lord.” But less than three verses later, he remembers some things: "This I recall to my mind,...

The Lord asked to borrow Peter’s boat to use as a make-shift pulpit. And, since He is no man’s debtor, He set about to reimburse Peter for its use. But Peter’s unbelief almost robbed him of a boatload of fish. Of course, the Lord wasn’t really after fish; He was after...

In the middle of the night my schedule changed. So at 5 am I climbed into a taxi for the ride to the airport. Honestly I felt like sleeping. God had other plans. And He woke me up in more ways than one.

Many Christians, in spite of confessing their sins to the Lord, feel constantly condemned. But, says John, even "if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart” (1 Jn 3:20). In fact, adds Paul, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in...

The preacher at her door had an amazing story to tell. Mere coincidence? Hardly. It was one chance in a kazillion. But there they were, face to tear-stained face, and he had a secret for her she had never even hoped could be true. But God loves happy endings.