As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what…
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed home. “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will…
Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to (Jesus) and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to help…
Were I Miriam (the sister of Moses), and able to write the ending to my story, I’d make it a good one; one that would leave people smiling. However, this is not the way Miriam’s story ends. In Numbers…
I’m sure you’ve wondered about the randomness of these devotionals. Really there has been no rhyme or reason to the women I’ve picked, or when I’ve picked them, except for the few surrounding the Christmas season. So, when I sat…
It only takes four verses in 2 Kings, chapter 5, to tell a delightful little short story. The narrative doesn’t begin well, but it certainly has a fairy tale ending! Here’s how it begins in verse 2: Now bands from…
The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; and the angel of the Lord said to her: “You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord…
While Scripture wasn’t clear about what happened between David and Bathsheba, we do know exactly what happened with David’s daughter, Tamar. Here is her story: In the course of time, Amnon, son of David, fell in love with Tamar,…
It’s an unlikely New Year’s passage, the one above… …the story of Anna. (Anna the Prophetess, by Rembrandt) She’s one of the handful of people who recognized JESUS at infancy. I am intrigued by these three verses, where…
As promised…here’s part 2 of Mary’s story. I want to remind you: Mary was not someone special. She was a woman of flesh and blood, just like you and me. To acquire a healthy heart in the midst of…