With how much Israel kept rebelling and complaining against God, you’d think He wouldn’t mind so much when a King hires a man to try to curse them. Yet even with all of Israel’s sin, He will not allow the man to speak anything but blessing over His people. But God said to Balaam, “Do […]
A Patch of Green Grass
The evening was cool, and refreshing after a week of one-hundred degree weather. Summer, in full swing in drought ridden California, can be described in one word: Oven. Over the months my eyes have seen more brown, dead, grass than I’ve ever seen before, a testament that the people here are increasingly concerned with the evidence of dryness around […]
Count the Gifts
Count the Gifts A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Let me count Your gifts to me, Life and breath, humanity, Your Beauty, glory, Your presence be, And the grace that, from sin, sets me free. ~ Let me count the gifts You bring, A heart to praise, a voice to sing, And the winds […]
Thankfulness In Need
Isn’t it strange sometimes how God chooses to teach us? He teaches us about hope in the middle of times of fear. He teaches us about grace in the middle of times of hurt. He teaches us about thankfulness in the middle of times of need. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank […]