The Gardens of Digby Green: The Strip Shoppe On Tuesday morning, Digby pulled into the Roseland Garden Supply lot and got out of his pickup as his boss sent Tim off with the largest delivery truck. His boss walked over with a clipboard, took off a yellow order sheet, and said, “I see you
God’s Kept Promises Free Me to be ThankfulGod’s kept promises free me to be thankful. Secular psychologists have decided several things are essential: food, shelter, safety, belonging, accomplishment, and creativity. In these, they do not conflict with God’s word. Let’s look at some assorted promises from Scripture about these essentials. Psalm 37 is crammed with
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Light, Protection, Favor, Honor, and All Good Things Today, this promise on the list stood out to me: “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.” That’s Psalm 84:11. (NIV) Yes, there’s an attached condition, but
The Gardens of Digby Green: Red-Covered Calendar Ray sagged on the rolling stool in Rose’s office. Out in the store, the policemen made small talk as they packed up their equipment. Detective Marquez stood, stepped around the desk, patted him on the shoulder, and left. The bell at the front door jingled one last
I Give Thanks for God’s Promised Divine Wisdom I give thanks for God’s promised divine wisdom. It’s such a blessing that God doesn’t abandon his people to living with merely human intelligence or cunning. Instead, he’s generously loaning us clarity of mind, calm, and insight beyond the comprehension of those who deny his existence. How
Promises God Keeps—An Introduction Last week, we rounded off the topic God’s gifts and call are irrevocable. One of the dozens of gifts we touched on in that topic was God’s reassuring gift of kept promises. It makes sense that we should follow up on that idea and explore some of the many promises God
The Gardens of Digby Green: Three Smooth Moves If that didn’t knock the bung right out of the barrel, as his uncle used to say. Digby pulled out and sped two blocks, where he turned left into an aging residential area. He parked the truck in the abandoned driveway on a vacant lot, tore
God’s Gifts to Us Are Ours Forever God’s gifts to us are ours forever, so let the celebration begin. That’s right, we don’t need to wait for heaven. In Ephesians 1, Paul spoke strongly to believers in the church there, telling them that they, (and we as believers who read his words now), were chosen
Why Are God’s Irrevocable Gifts A Big Deal? Why are God’s irrevocable gifts a big deal? First, if anything, be it a law, a promise, or a gift is revocable, that means it can be reversed, made to someone else, or taken away. The prefix ir- is one that means not. As sinful people in