“Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow; you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.” (Proverbs 27:1 The Message) The above was the first thing I read this morning. I try to read through the Proverbs at least once a year and in different English versions. I thought, “God, is my agenda and what I have to do today more important or, maybe more lucid, a higher priority than what your agenda is for my life?” If we were honest, we would declare that each of us do not even know what is going to happen in the next second. Ask anyone who has lost someone in a tragic accident where just a mere second would have made the difference between life and death. Your life can turn on a d
Spring has sprung. When we experience this time of year, we realize that creation has a way of being renewed. The darkness of winter is over and now new life begins. It reminds me of this quote, “Christians should no more fear death than trees fear winter… both shall live again!” And at the beginning of this season comes the celebration of the cross – the crucifixion and the resurrection. WHY – THE CROSS? Couldn’t God consider a different way of repairing the breach between Him and us? Although there are many reasons why the cross was necessary, allow me to share just one… Perhaps the most popular answer to the question of “why did Jesus have to die on the cross?” would be, “to pay (die) for
