Burying Fear

The parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30 is a familiar parable, but something new hit me this time that I never considered. In verse 24-25, when the master returns and asks for an accounting of the talents he gave to each servant, the man given one talent told him he buried it in the […]

Friday Faith

Sow with a view to righteousness,Reap in accordance with kindness;Break up your fallow ground,For it is time to seek the LORDUntil He comes to rain righteousness on you. – Hosea 10:12 (NASB) How are you sowing righteousness today?

Tearful Sowing

The field looked barren, soil beaten down by many who had trampled it in the past. Its fruit was long gone, taken by the greedy. There was nothing left, no hope of a crop ever producing again. Then I saw him. A man in the distance, walking slowly in the field, waving his hand back […]

Prayer Journey — Faithful Sowers

You dear God are the source of wisdom, of truth. I praise you for your Word that you have given to us — for the faithful who have passed it to us across the generations. I am forever grateful for the obedience of so many followers of Jesus who have taught me and nurtured me […]

Prayer Journey — Sower

I have turned the soil
Shovel by shovel
Tilled the land

One by one
I sowed seeds
In fertile ground…

Seeking to Build a Dwelling Place for God

I want them to experience the joy of the Lord; to experience the peace that comes from the Spirit of God dwelling within. Yet like David, sometimes God tells me “no,” that someone else will build it and I will not see it in my lifetime.