the gift of time
Our 5-year-old son lives by a simple credo: Never, ever be bored! He’s always investigating, always testing, usually grubby, never still—not even in his sleep. Liam doesn’t share his father’s fear of heights or snakes, nor does he possess his mother’s good sense. His favorite phrase typically occurs too late for Mom, Dad, or older siblings to intervene. “Watch this!” he’ll announce as he begins his incautious leap to . . . wherever.
a tree and its fruit
Many of us place a tree in our homes this month, decorating it with colorful ornaments and lights. And, of course, gifts will be set beneath the tree, waiting to be opened on Christmas morning. What would Christmas be without the iconic Christmas tree!
In the Garden of Eden, there was a tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis…
to the rescue
Back in the Garden of Eden, after Adam and Eve sinned and slinked off into hiding, God came looking for them. Commencing with these words spoken to Adam, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9), God launched the largest rescue mission known to man.
Though we—the human race—betrayed our Creator and fell into the grip of sin and Satan, God did not…
