Genesis 3:7 tells us that Adam and Eve were ashamed of their nakedness after their sin. To cover themselves, they sewed fig leaves together and wore them. This seems an expecially unfortunate choice, since fig leaves are rough and induce painful itching.
But isn’t this just like us? When we sin, we try to hide our [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘God’
July 31, 2008
Fig Leaves
April 10, 2008
Of Curse
Watched an absolutely awful television series a few weeks ago. By the end of it, my wife and I were cringing at the seemingly endless strings of cursing. The script writers couldn’t finish a sentence fragment without dropping the “F” bomb, and we couldn’t figure why. It didn’t add anything to the plot, and it [...]
March 28, 2008
Pushing the Boulder
A king called one of his servants to the royal grounds and pointed out a particularly large boulder that marred the beauty of his garden. He ordered the servant to arrive promptly at 6:00 a.m. each morning and push on the boulder for as long as he could before reaching exhaustion. While it seemed impossible [...]
February 8, 2008
Three Circles
In a book I’m reading about different cultures, the authors describe three concentric circles that represent how people within those cultures view the other people around them. The center of all the circles is the individual. Around him, in the first circle, are his family and his close friends. For people in this circle, he [...]
January 25, 2008
Mr. Miyagi’s Dojo
Five years ago, my wife and I felt God was calling us to leave Texas and move to Colorado. While the move was fun and exciting, it was a little intimidating for us, because we had grown up in Texas and lived there for over thirty years. Our friends were there. Our family was there. [...]
January 16, 2008
Contents Under Pressure
My wife and I moved our family to Thailand this week. Or maybe I should say my wife moved the family to Thailand….the closest I got them was the Bangkok airport on Sunday. I had a flight to catch. (I know…bad husband! But I felt that I had a non-negotiable waiting for me in Singapore, and [...]
December 26, 2007
Which “Jesus?”
Borrowing from my pastor’s sermon this week for this post. You can check out his blog at: grahamprouty.wordpress.com.
Almost the entire world knows about “Jesus,” but we don’t all know the same “Jesus.” I was in Lagos, Nigeria, earlier this year, and I was eating alone in the hotel restaurant. My waitress noticed that I was reading my Bible, and she struck [...]
November 15, 2007
Wrong Turns
A friend of mine has a GPS, called the Verizon Navigator. It helps her when she’s driving around to know how to make it to her destination, and she was excited to get it, because following directions is not one of her spiritual gifts.
The GPS audibly tells her where to turn and how far to [...]
November 1, 2007
The Suffering Stand
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they [...]
