From the Shepherd's Heart

“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”Galatians 1:10 (KJV) Growth is not only a matter of moving forward, it is a matter of expanding inwardly until the opinions…

WISDOM IS SELECTIVE ATTENTION “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”Ephesians 5:15–16 (KJV) Wisdom is not merely the ability to know many things. It is the discipline of knowing what to pay attention to and what to…

“We remember the former things, those of long ago; for I am God, and there is no other.”Isaiah 46:9 THE PARADOX OF FAMILIAR PAIN There is a quiet paradox that governs much of human behavior: we often cling to what hurts us simply because it is familiar. The known pain…

“Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children…” Genesis 11:30 (KJV)“After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” Genesis 18:12 (KJV) THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWED SARAH There was a silence that followed Sarah wherever she went. It was not the silence of peace, but…