I kept hearing a voice calling to me, but I couldn't make out who it was that was saying my name repeatedly. I turned over in my dream and was instantly awake. I realized that the voice in the darkness was my roommate's terrified whisper. "Shawn...Shawn...Shawwwwnnnn..." I groggily answered her with a sleepy, "What's the matter, Cindy?" "Don't you hear that "ping" … [Read more...] about Laughing at Fear
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The Final Curtain Call
"So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad." 2 Corinthians 5:9-10 (NIV) One of the more creative and memorable assignments I ever received in college was having to write my own obituary. I … [Read more...] about The Final Curtain Call
Permission to Rest Granted
Psalm 103:13-14 (New International Version) 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; 14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.I have always marveled at a newborn's ability to block everything out around him or her when sleep is necessary. I carried my oldest child in a sling much of his first year of … [Read more...] about Permission to Rest Granted
Children of the Heavenly Father
"See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.Matthew 18:10 We used to sing the following hymn during our Monday night devotions with Uncle Bob and Aunt Ruth Ann Peterson and Uncle Dave and Aunt Joyce Falconer at Ubangi Academy, the boarding school I attended in Congo when I was in seventh grade. … [Read more...] about Children of the Heavenly Father
Death’s Great Violation
"A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance."John 10:10 (HCSB) When I was nine years old, we lost our house and all our earthly possessions to a fire. My Grandma McKown had just bought Nicol and me a beautiful bedroom set with canopy beds. We each had a matching desk and shared a large chest of drawers. Our bedroom was … [Read more...] about Death’s Great Violation
Blessed Assurance
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." I Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)I have a new knowledge today that I did not have eight days ago before Luke died. This is a knowledge I never wanted to possess. I find myself thinking thoughts I have thought before, but they always seemed wildly impossible to me. After the events of the last seven weeks, … [Read more...] about Blessed Assurance
