“The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust Him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.” Psalm 28:7 This summer here on What Women Should Know we’re doing a “Virtual VBS for GrownUp Girls” — “Waves of Mercy” — an online Bible Study of the book of Jonah. If we were really in VBS (Vacation Bible School) all together in […]
Someone once said that the Bible is God’s love letter to us… that beginning to end, it expresses His longing for us, His passion for us, His devotion to us. It also tells us He is jealous for us… righteously, that is. He loves us so faithfully. He wants us to love Him the same […]
“I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and He answered me. I called to You from the land of the dead, and Lord, You heard me.” (Jonah 2:1-2 NLT) It’s one of the best things about a trial by fire — or in Jonah’s case, a swallowing-by-sea-monster. When you think you’re dying — when you ARE dying — […]
Jonah was on the run. But he wasn’t the only one. God was hot on his heels. In the first chapter of the book of Jonah, we actually see God in full-on pursuit of a whole bunch of people. Let’s start with Jonah. It’s staggering to me that not only did God choose Jonah in […]
“One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.” ~ Master Oogway (paraphrasing poet Jean de la Fontaine) in Kung Fu Panda Is there something – or Someone – you’re running from? Jonah was a man on the run. God had told him to go to the great city of Ninevah and […]
