by Jeremy | Mar 14, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
How’s your perception? More to the point, how much gets past you? The human mind is capable of processing a tremendous amount of sensory information, but struggles with perceiving all of it. Because we are receiving constant input from the things we see, hear,...
by Jeremy | Mar 7, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
When I was younger, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. Batman. I was going to be Batman. I already had the costume, courtesy of my mom and a family friend, and it had been pretty well received by my kindergarten class the day I wore it to school....
by Jeremy | Feb 28, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
David once implored God, “Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice” (Psalm 51:8). The idea of God breaking our bones is hard for me to understand sometimes. He punishes us for sins, yes; He allows us to experience trials,...
by Jeremy | Feb 22, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
I look back fondly on my time as a pirate. It was a long time ago when I took up the life of a fearsome buccaneer. I was seven years old, I think, and my time of employment in the profession only lasted a couple of hours, but I still remember it with warm memories. I...
by Jeremy | Feb 14, 2014 | Sabbath Thoughts
I wonder how long David hated himself for what he did to Uriah. I wonder how long it took for him to be able to look at Bathsheba without thinking immediately of the man whose death he ordered and the child God took from him in response. We don’t know. The Bible...
