Don’t Look Back

Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God. Luke 9:62 NIV Contemporary farmers with state-of-the-art tractors plow the fields with GPS and sensing devices. However, I live several miles from Amish farmers who plow the fields...

Why is Forgiveness So Hard?

Our God is a forgiving God.  Thank God!  Over and over in His teachings, Jesus instructed His disciples in the importance of forgiveness (Luke 23:33-34, Mark 11:25, Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 18:21-35 to name a few).  So if forgiveness is so important why...

An Impossible Requirement?

God’s desire for me is abundant fruitfulness. He even gave me the prescription for this, I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. John 12:24 NLT Do you mean to tell me that Jesus is saying that I must die...

Discerning the Call of God

At times on my journey with Jesus it has been difficult to discern what God is calling me to do. Actually the call of God is quite simple. Jesus most often expressed it in two words, “Follow me”. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you,...

From Whom Should I Learn?

My willingness to be open and teachable determines the path of my life journey. What I learn is influenced by where I turn for answers and to whom I listen. The WHO is often as important as the WHAT in learning. Early in my teenage years my mother and father...

Discouraged?

What to do? More than a decade ago, life’s circumstances seemed beyond hope with multiple devastating long-term medical issues in our family. I was full of despair.  As a physician, I felt so helpless because I could not fix these issues. I was tired and...