Loving God, Loving Others, Loving Yourself, and Loving Life
Why is the Dead Sea dying? How does the Holy Spirit speak such truth in such seemingly ordinary situations? Of course, getting to float in the Dead Sea is not an ordinary situation for me. However, this body of water doesn’t have Biblical explanations written on historical markers around the perimeter. But my soul has…
Jerusalem…my thoughts stumble as I try to put into words my lessons for today. The Via Dolorosa. The Son of God, God Himself in human form chose to pay our sin debts in full as the final sacrificial lamb. This system of sacrifice and grace, this thread of God’s never-ending provision and unconditional love for…
Standing in Beit She’an was breathtaking. There is 6000 years of history in layer upon layer right here. Canaanite Temples, Egyptians, Israelites, Philistines have all been here. The bodies of King Saul and his sons were hung here after they were killed and Israel’s army was defeated. Although there has been a great deal of…
We visited a cave at Caesarea Philippi in the pouring rain. This cave was used for Pagan worship and for the sacrificing of animals and probably humans to many gods. But also in this area, possibly this very cave about three hundred years later Jesus asked the question of Peter and the other disciples, “Who…
Standing on this beautiful mountain, the Mount of the Beatitudes, possibly the place where Jesus gave His incredible blessing describing the qualities of a Follower of Christ that will be blessed. The sermon is called the Sermon on the Mount and is found in Matthew chapters 5 – 7. If you haven’t read it lately,…
Sometimes things do not go as planned. I thought I was the one taking the big trip in the family this week but I was mistaken. My precious sister Lyn took the ultimate trip into eternity while I was in the Holy Land. In the dark hours of the early morning the call came. It…
Going down to the Water, the Jordan river to be exact. I never imagined in my wildest imagination that I would ever see the Jordan River in person and certainly never imagined ever actually being in the Jordan to be baptized again. Some of you may find it odd that I would desire to be…
Here, on the Sea of Galilee Jesus spoke these words, “Peace Be Still”. For me, these are some of the most cherished words Jesus ever spoke. I run to my Savior when the world is rushing in too many directions. I fall into His arms when the storms of life are violently tossing me deeper…
Walk on the Water! The Sea of Galilee – beautiful, still, peaceful, hazy, calm – so many words describe it. We drove around the Sea of Galilee today. There was never really a clear view because of the haze. It was still perfectly breathtaking and a little surreal. We study and learn about so many…
The 9 miles of aqueducts that Herod built to bring water to Caesarea are a sight to behold. The stairs that we descended into a water system created for Megiddo seemed to go on forever and the entire system of water retrieval and storage and distribution was incredible. The importance of water in Israel is…
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