I have come to realize that God takes His time. Perhaps that comes from being eternal. He has all the time in the world, so why should He hurry? God is an investor, not a speculator. He doesn’t “buy” something today with the intention of “selling” it tomorrow. Sure, He…
A retelling of 1 Kings 17:8–16 “Have you something for me to eat, something to drink?” the unassuming stranger asked. “I’m weak from hunger and weary from my journey. Please, I beg you.” My heart reached out to him. I felt the same hunger pains. Zarephath, where I lived, was…
A retelling of Luke 8:43-48 One day Jesus was on His way to the house of a man whose daughter was gravely ill. As usual, a crowd followed and pressed around Him. In the midst of the throng was a woman who had been sick for 12 years with a…
A retelling of John Chapter 4 Susannah sighed as she draped her head-covering over her long raven hair. Picking up an empty clay urn, she set out on the long, hot, dusty walk to fetch water from the communal well near Sychar, the Samaritan village where she lived. She approached…
Based on Luke 19:1–10 Zac gazed out of his window toward the west. The waves of the sea danced gently, reflecting amber from the glowing orb that was slowly descending toward the blue water. It was sunset, his life was drawing to a close, and it was time to take…