I departed from my "scheduled" Bible reading today and opened the Bible in search of random (or Spirit-led) inspiration. First I opened the book to 1 Kings. I don’t want to read there. Next I opened it to Isaiah. I read from there not too long ago. (This isn’t sounding very random anymore, is it?) […]

That title, I suppose, sums up what I’ve been up to over the past several weeks. What about you? I haven’t written a Peace in the Storm post since the "What David Knew" series, so I thought I would check in with some recent musings from my journal… Inspired by a sermon series at our […]

The "What David Knew" series is officially over, but I wanted to share just one follow-up post. As I was reviewing the text of Psalm 139:13-18 from week to week while writing this series, what became clear to me was that what David knew could be summed up this way: David knew God’s love. For […]

This is part six of a six-part, six-week series based on Psalm 139:13-18. Well, here we are at the final verse in this series. Psalm 139:18b is the source of this week’s installment. There, the psalmist David wrote, "And when I wake up, you are still with me!" (New Living Translation) I said last week […]

This is part five of a six-part, six-week series based on Psalm 139:13-18. Of the passage in Psalm 139 we’ve been looking at for the past few weeks, the verses we find today are among my favorites. Up until now, the words we’ve heard from God have related to our past — that He knew […]

This is part four of a six-part, six-week series based on Psalm 139:13-18. I’m posting this entry a little later than usual, but the reason for my tardiness actually gives added meaning to the verse we’re highlighting in this edition of the “What David Knew” series. We have a new baby in the family! My […]

This is part three of a six-part, six-week series based on Psalm 139:13-18. As we continue to learn from what David knew, this week we come upon verse 15 of Psalm 139, where David writes, “You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of […]

This is part two of a six-part, six-week series based on Psalm 139:13-18. A few months ago, we walked through a house that was under construction. Surprising to us, this house was being built by the man who actually designed the house rather than by a hired crew. From the beautiful tongue-and-groove woodwork on the […]