After burying a few seeds in a planter in my backyard I waited to see the results Reading that the seeds would sprout within ten to fourteen days I checked often as I watered the soil Soon I saw a few green leaves pushing their way out of the soil But my bubble burst quickly when my husband told me those were weeds He encouraged me to pull them quickly so that they wouldn rsquo t choke the plants I was trying to grow Jesus also told of the importance of dealing with intruders that can impede our spiritual growth [... more]

A close pastor friend of mine called me after burying his beloved dog While digging the hole he wept while angrily reflecting on how much he hated death The conversation turned to the countless funerals he presided over during his ministry I played the piano for many of those services We talked a bit longer about some of the cherished families we ministered to during those funerals and discussed our shared anger at death Then he said something that's never left me Do you know who hates death more God hates death he stated quietly Pausing he added He hates [... more]

In people watching William Beal would likely think he was loony They rsquo d see him filling bottles with seeds then burying them in deep soil What they didn rsquo t know was that Beal was conducting an experiment that would span centuries Every twenty years a bottle would be dug up its seeds would be planted and researchers could see which seeds would germinate Jesus talked a lot about seed-planting often likening the sowing of seed to the spreading of ldquo the word rdquo Mark He taught that some seeds are snatched by Satan others have no foundation and [... more]

Immeasurable Cost A close pastor friend of mine called me after burying his beloved dog While digging the hole he wept while angrily reflecting on how much he hated death The conversation turned to the countless funerals he presided over during his ministry I played the piano for many of those services We talked a bit longer about some of the cherished families we ministered to during those funerals and we discussed our shared anger at death Then he said something that's never left me Do you know who hates death more God hates death he stated quietly Pausing he [... more]

Towering dunes along the north shore of Silver Lake put nearby homes at risk of sinking into shifting sands Though residents have tried moving mounds of sand in efforts to protect their homes they have watched helplessly as well-built houses were buried right before their eyes As a local sheriff oversaw the cleanup of a recently destroyed cottage he affirmed the process couldn rsquo t be opposed or prevented No matter how hard homeowners try to avoid the dangers of these unsteady embankments the dunes simply cannot provide a strong foundational support Jesus knew the futility of building a house [... more]

Diet Eman was an ordinary shy young woman in the Netherlands mdash in love working and enjoying time with family and friends mdash when the Germans invaded in As Diet pronounced Deet later wrote ldquo When there is danger on your doorstep you want to act almost like an ostrich burying its head in the sand rdquo Yet Diet felt God calling her to resist the German oppressors which included risking her life to find hiding places for Jews and other pursued people This unassuming young woman became a warrior for God nbsp We find many stories in the Bible [... more]

For six years a woman tried to make herself the ldquo perfect minister rsquo s wife rdquo modeling herself after her adored mother-in-law also a pastor rsquo s wife She thought that in this role she couldn rsquo t also be a writer and painter but in burying her creativity she became depressed and contemplated suicide Only the help of a neighboring pastor moved her out of the darkness as he prayed with her and assigned her two hours of writing each morning This awakened her to what she called her ldquo sealed orders rdquo mdash the calling God had [... more]

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