Posts from November 2021

Ephesians1:5

Granny’s House

This year I’m celebrating Thanksgiving at my Granny’s house for the first time in 30 years. I’m excited. As a boy, her house was the center of the universe. The best part of each year were the times when the whole family would gather there. But things changed. The normal course of life and death…

Galatians 5:22-23

Harvesting Fruit

Before we knew Jesus, we could only harvest temporary things. Now we can receive the eternal. Because as soon as we believed, God gave us the best gift of all. Himself. “And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.” (Ephesians…

Ephesians 2:8

Born Again

When they first met, Jesus told Nicodemus that no one could enter the Kingdom of God unless they were born again. (John 3:3) Nicodemus wanted to know how. (John 3:9) But I always wondered why. Now I understand that my sins didn’t just hurt me, they killed me. God gave me a harvest of life…

Matthew 5:3

Born Helpless

We’re all born helpless. At first, we have no skills, no knowledge, and no power. Our only hope is that someone will answer our cry. Though some of us become rich and powerful with time, spiritually we remain helpless. We can’t buy our way into heaven. We can’t work our way in either. All we…

Romans 10:13

Calling on the Name of the Lord

I was a rambunctious little guy, and I always seemed to be in trouble. My Mom loves to tell a story about one Sunday when I was five. I was particularly bad in church that day, and Mom was fed up. When she got me to the car she said, “Scott, I sure hope you…

John 13:35

Playing Santa

I was 20 years old the first time I played Santa. I remember standing in front of the mirror after I got the suit on and thinking, “This ain’t gonna fool nobody.” But it did! The kids at church seemed to be buying my act as soon as I walked in that night. But once…

Psalm 37:23-24

Pong

In November of 1972 the world received Pong ©. Never again would we need to own an actual ping pong table, nor would we need the skill to hit a ping pong ball. Thanks to Atari, all we needed now was a quarter. But that wasn’t the most important harvest in November of ‘72 –…

A Great Harvest

Lord of the Harvest

I got my first job at 9 years old driving a tobacco harvester for Mr. Sonny. Child labor laws were a bit different back then, but it wasn’t a hard job. The machine moved at a snail’s pace, and all I had to do was hold the steering wheel and keep it from running over…