When we are a child and someone sins against us—is mean to us, takes liberties with our bodies, beats us up—we don’t always realize the wrong. Adults, especially parents, define life’s parameters for a child. If dad uses a razor strap on bare bottoms, we may not question that behavior. We may see it as …
Category Archives: Christian Devotional
Forgive? I’ll Never Forgive!
On a mental health crisis line many years ago, I was listening to a woman who’s brother had been killed. She knew who the murderer was; he’d gotten away with it; and this woman was furious. In fact, she, too, was considering murder. She knew where this man had fled to, and was talking about …
Exposed and Healed
In the courtyard of the religious leaders, while they were looking for a way to have Jesus put to death, Peter, in fear for his life, three times denied knowing him. The scripture says in Matthew 26: 75 (NET) that when he realized he had fulfilled Jesus’ word, “Before the cock crows, you will deny …