Faith

mdanys / Foter.com / CC BY Spare the rod spoil the child. That is the biblical passage that my parents parented by and many others do as well. That doesn’t mean my parents where bad parents. We were expected to behave ourselves and there were consequences when we didn’t. I am a different parent. I am…

If the saying Love at First Sight never really held true for you then perhaps chapter 2 of the Book of Ruth will show you it exists. Ruth goes to glean the left over grain in the fields. She just happens to glean in the field of Boaz who is related to Naomi through her…

Chapter 1 of the Book of Ruth tells how Naomi, her husband, and two sons go from Bethlehem to the city of Moab to live because of a great famine. While in Moab her husband dies and her sons marry, Orpah and Ruth. Her sons then later die and the women are left alone with…

Martin LaBar / Foter.com / CC BY-NC If Mary’s faith was unshakeable then Joseph’s love was even more so. Here was a man who married Mary only to discover she is pregnant for another man. Law said he was to cast her out and have her stoned to death. But he can’t do that. He…

As we get into Chapter 7 the king asks Esther what it is she wants? He tells her he will give her anything including half of his kingdom if that is what she asks.  That tells a lot about this king especially in that age. Women were thought to be less than human but this…

After giving it a lot of thought Esther goes to the king and surprisingly he is very happy to see her. As we get through Chapter 5 Esther puts her plan into action asking the king to have a feast with just her and Haman.

This week has been strained at best. God and I haven’t been on the best terms. In fact at one point this week I was ready to just give up on god all together. This small voice from somewhere inside says “Don’t. Just hold on and things will get better.” The biggest challenge is when…