Often, the best words on the page are the ones only used once. Explicitly crafted by the author to surprise the reader with insight, a single well-chosen word can open a glorious portal for inspiration. How much more thought-provoking is a word unique to an entire book? I recently stumbled across one such word in the epistle to the Hebrews. Used nowhere …
“The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep.” (Genesis 1:2) Our lives were a black hole before Him. Formless and void. Covered in darkness. But the Spirit of God moved and introduced Light. He called us “out of darkness and into His marvelous Light,” so we can now be called “children …
“But if any of you lacks wisdom..” (James 1:5) Grey hair. A little old man leaning over a cane. Solomon on a throne, maybe? I don’t know. What exactly is wisdom? As I searched for clues, something Moses said made me stop and think: “See, I have taught you statutes….so keep and do them, for …
“It’s a girl!” When my daughter, Hannah, called to say that our fourth grandchild was going to be female, we were all ecstatic. As proud as we are of our three adorable grandsons, there was something exciting about this one being a girl. I suppose Hannah and Steve felt this way themselves as they began preparing the …
