by Don Freeman | May 16, 2023 | Devotional
The dictionary dampens the word ‘celebrate’ when placing it in a religious context, formalizing it and stripping it of joy, making it a rite duly, solemnly, performed. Otherwise, the word connotes party, boisterous rejoicing, exuberant happiness. So, when we church...
by Don Freeman | May 9, 2023 | Devotional
In the fantasy musical, The Wizard of Oz, the title character hides behind a curtain and uses special sound and lighting effects to intimidate and impress his audiences. His hiding is also to cover up the fact that he is a small, pitiable man, unsure of himself and...
by Don Freeman | May 6, 2023 | Devotional
It’s been said (and sung) that on a clear day you can see forever. Well, forever is a fair distance, but I can imagine it would be unforgettable should it happen. I won’t claim having seen forever, but on one fine day, while living in Alsace, France, I had my own...
by Don Freeman | May 4, 2023 | Devotional
“God conceals the revelation of his word in the hiding place of his glory.” Proverbs 25:2, TPT “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than...
by Don Freeman | May 2, 2023 | Devotional
The God of Creation is the only Supreme Spiritual Being who doesn’t require His ‘subjects’ to submit to the strict obedience of a set of rules, perform painful, personal sacrifice, cower before Him in reverential fear. Instead, God scandalously sets Himself apart as...
by Don Freeman | Apr 29, 2023 | Devotional
Nothing strikes fear into the heart of a high school student more than when a teacher begins class by saying, “Put your books away and take out a sheet of paper.” The universally dreaded pop quiz. So unfair! Unannounced and unprepared for. As you follow instructions...
by Don Freeman | Apr 27, 2023 | Devotional
Our Western culture applauds people: who have crazy busy schedules, who multitask (even when behind the wheel in traffic), who frantically race from one commitment to another, who ‘never sleep,’ who proudly confess, ‘My hair’s on fire.’ These caffeine-wired...
by Don Freeman | Apr 25, 2023 | Devotional
All aspects of Creation were declared by God to be good. But when man inhaled God’s breath for the very first time, God declared him to be very good. Those two words, ‘very good’ spoken by the Creator of the Universe weigh a tad more than, say, my declaration of ‘very...
by Don Freeman | Apr 22, 2023 | Devotional
Raise your hand if you read all the way through the 50 pages of conditions and excuses before clicking the little boxed ‘x’ on the screen. Ditto, if you understand the pharmaceutical ad on TV when the announcer rattles off the 600-word essay in a blistering 8 seconds....
by Don Freeman | Apr 20, 2023 | Devotional
A writer once made this revealing statement: ‘Every front-sided strength has a back-sided weakness.’ I’ve come to understand this more and more over the many years since, that our admiration/envy? for someone’s strengths can obscure their less admirable traits. I...
