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I have been away for a little while, working on something called Gold Vein while also making some changes to Time For Providence. The longer I work on it, the more I keep thinking about work itself. Work changes. It evolves. It increases. It takes new shape. But it does not really stop. Even when God rested from all the work He had accomplished in the beginning, creation did not…
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Family, today’s Verse of Providence, 2 Peter 1:4. Appetizer It gives us the beautiful answer to yesterday’s warning: sinful desire leads to corruption, but the promises of God lead us into life. Table Conversation Yesterday, James showed us the hidden movement of temptation: desire carried away into lust–enticed, conceived, bringing forth death. Today, Peter shows us another movement entirely. God has granted us His precious and magnificent promises so that…
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Family, today’s Verse of Providence is James 1:14–15, and it brings us to the hidden place where sin begins: desire that is carried away, enticed, conceived, and brought to death. Table Conversation I’m so thankful that James addresses us about temptation; he will not let us blame God for what tempts us. He brings the matter close and makes it intimate—the desire within us that can be lured, entertained, fed,…
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Okay, family, today’s Verse of Providence is Isaiah 1:16–17, and it brings us to instruction that will not let righteousness remain abstract: wash, remove evil, cease from evil, learn to do good, seek justice, correct oppression, defend the fatherless, and plead for the widow. Table Conversation What does this passage mean for us today, and how do we move with the Holy Spirit into obedience? As I remain consistent in…
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Today’s Verse of Providence is John 15:2, and it brings us to the careful hand of the Father: He removes what is fruitless, and He prunes what is fruitful so that it may bear more fruit. Let’s Eat Jesus does not describe the Father as careless with the vine. He describes Him as the vinedresser. That means the Father is not distant from the growth of His people. He is…
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Today’s Verse of Providence, 2 Corinthians 4:16–18, and it brings us to a steady word for tired souls: what is seen may be heavy, but it is not final. Let’s Eat Paul does not say we have no reason to feel worn down. He says we do not lose heart. Christian hope is not pretending the body is fine, the burden is light, the grief is small, or the pressure…
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Today’s Verse of Providence is Hebrews 12:10–11, and it brings us to a hard but healing truth: the Father’s discipline is not His rejection of His children; it is His love refusing to leave them unformed. Let’s Eat Nobody enjoys the moment the soil breaks. Does the ground applaud the plow? The vine, the pruning knife, while the branch is being cut? When I was a child receiving correction, I…