Archive for October, 2008

Simple Faith

Genesis 1:1 (NIV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Have you ever had the dreadful experience of having your car run out of gas or even the spurting of the motor as you try to coast your way to the gas station? Have you noticed that you can only coast for so long unless, of course, you are coasting down a hill? This reminds me of me on my old skateboard (yes I used to skateboard). I would coast down our neighbor’s driveway, yet I would pump my feet back up the hill. When we run out of spiritual “gas” and when we quit “pumping,” we coast downhill. Read the rest of this entry

Habakkuk 3:17-18 (NASB)

“Though the fig tree should not blossom, and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive should fail, and the fields produce no food, though the flock should be cut off from the fold, and there be no cattle in the stalls, yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.” Read the rest of this entry