God is a Sun and Shield for His Own

For the week of September 18, 2006 

If you are looking for a verse for this week, think about this one.  Psalm 84:11 says,

11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Reflect on the picture that God is a “sun” and “shield.”  The idea of God being the sun symbolizes power.  To even look at the sun hurts our eyes.  God is an atomic explosion.  All power, light inaccessible hid from our eyes.

We All Want to Be Written Into the Story

For the week of September 11, 2006 

My 3 year old daughter Mary Beth loves to be written into the story.  She likes traditional fairy tales a lot.  But, she loves them even more when I invent a role for her in the story.  So, I’ve been rewriting fairy tales with a dark haired 3 year old named Mary Beth in a starring role.