“But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to them.” (Genesis 42:4 NIV) I took my kids to the airport this morning. They aren’t little people any longer, and the phrase ‘mid-size people’ seems…
Tag: travel
Following God can feel a lot like climbing into a Turkish stranger’s minivan.
We are going Home. What it costs to get there is of little consequence.
I think about Ruth’s roots in Moab and I remember that we, too, are sojourners. Each and every believer on earth is just passing through on our way to a far better place. We have a Home just over the horizon, a whole new life awaiting us in a land we haven’t yet set foot in.
“He was there before any of it came into existence and He holds it all together.” (Colossians 1:17 MSG) “I look behind me and You’re there, then up ahead and You’re there, too – Your reassuring presence coming an going. This is too much, too…
“The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to a land I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1 NIV) It’s amazing to me how God can speak out of a textbook. We spent yesterday driving, working our way toward…