Dear Faith Family, In thisis love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins,(1 John 4:10). You stop by the grocery store on your way home from the office.Waiting in line in front of you is a man with the biggest bunch of flowers that you've ever seen.In his other hand in a Hallmark card with a pink envelope.You ...

"Happy Thanks Giving" Dear Faith Family, And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful,Colossians 3:15. Stable, attractive flooring? No problem. Secure sink on stable floor carefully bracketed to the wall? No problem.New faucettightly attached to the sink? No problem.Running water? No problem. Fully attache...

Dear Faith Family, Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,(Isaiah 43:19). It wasa couple of months ago (insert picture of tongue incheekhere)and I was back at the optometrist's officeto follow up on my "faulty" contacts. Problem: since my new contacts wereinstalled,I was n...

"Left Rear Tire" Dear Faith Family, As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us,(Psalm 103:12). It all started with the TPMS. What's that, you might ask? The Tire Pressure Monitoring System.Apparently,I can search throughthedashboard settingson my truckandsee the exact air pressure in each of my four tires. Useful information wh...

Dear Faith Family, Come, behold the works of the Lord,(Psalm 46:8a). Ever hear someone say, "I'm going to check Facebook"? Twitter? Snapchat? Instagram?TikTok? Maybe those words have occupied your own thoughts or even rolledoff ofyour own lips? I confess, there are some "friends" that I have on Facebook that I look forward to reading their posts.Some encouraging. Somech...

"GoodTalk" Dear Faith Family, Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear,(Ephesians 4:29). There it is staring at you comfortably resting in the fruit bowl on the kitchen counter. It knows your name.You find yourselfhungry for a peach. Gazing into the bowl you p...

Dear Faith Family, The steadfast loveof the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness,(Lamentations 3:22-23). Where were you exactly one year ago today?Do you remember? One yearagotoday beganin the office. Classical students dotted the landscape ofthe Faith facility.It was the day after staff meeting. Anot...

Dear Faith Family, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was notany thingmade that was made,(John 1:1-3). They'reeverywhere.I'llcall them God's"fingerprints",His creation.His creation isjust that, His creation. So,I wasstanding outside of a local...

"But If Not" Dear Faith Family, If this be so, our God whom we serveis able todeliver us from the burningfiery furnace, and He will deliver us outof your hand, O King. But if not,be it known to you, O King, that we will not serveyour godsor worship the golden image that you have set up,(Daniel 3:17-18). "My momma always said,'life was like a box of chocolates. You never...

Dear Faith Family, Search me, O God, and know my heart!Try me and know my thoughts!And see if there be any grievous way inme, andlead me in the way everlasting! (Psalm 139:23-24) Who knew that dentists have 2,357different drill bits? For teeth! Can you guess where I was yesterday afternoon? For nearlytwo and a half hours I enjoyedthe luxury recliner in one of my dentist...