From Darkness to Light

Why Me Lord?

Sometimes, as a matter of course, things break. Or more precisely, things go wrong. These last three weeks in Guatemala have been a perfect case in point. So many things that happened were not in the plan, or even changed the plan completely. Here is an incomplete list of some of the things:

The night we arrived we had an accident on the highway. Since we’ve been here it has rained almost daily. Several roads in the

Trusting God or Trusting Self?

An experienced mountain climber decides to take on a very steep and rugged mountain, covered with snow and ice. It is a difficult climb but he knows he can do it and he chooses to go without a friend. He has the best of equipment and knows how to use it all so he has little fear of going it alone. So all alone he sets out and begins the climb.

As the day wears on it is getting colder and colder and his rate of climb is slowing down. It’s beginning to get dark and he is still a distance from the top. As darkness settles in he cannot see and realizes he is in Continue reading | 1 Comment

Note:  This listing of The Bible in chronological order is taken from an incredibly good author by the name of God (just kidding-He is incredibly good but He is responsible for the Bible, the organization of the content is what I am talking about).  The organizers name is F. LaGard Smith and the name of the book is “The Daily Bible In Chronological Order 365 Daily Readings”.  It includes devotional insights and is worth it’s weight in gold to me as it really helped to bring all the stories together.  Please buy this book in your local Bible bookstore.  For the purposes of this posting I have taken the liberty to adapt it slightly by not including parallel entries.

Additionally, from time to time I will make comments on the passages… Continue reading