by Don Freeman | Oct 17, 2023 | Devotional
There’s a wacky Christmas song with these lyrics: “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. Only a hippopotamus will do . . .” (sorry for that ear worm). This is a child’s wish list. Totally bonkers. Impractical in the extreme. Ruinously expensive. Not to mention...
by Don Freeman | Oct 14, 2023 | Devotional
I think our brains must have an invisible trip wire attached to our memory storage unit. All it takes is for some random snippet to glide past it and, Voilà! We’re reliving something not necessarily related to our current situation. For instance, for me, about 5...
by Don Freeman | Oct 12, 2023 | Devotional
The Apostle Paul had gleaned a great deal from the message of Jesus, making many connections to the writings of the Old Testament, of which he was a scholar. Yet he, too, confessed, “for now we see but a faint reflection of riddles and mysteries as though reflected in...
by Don Freeman | Oct 10, 2023 | Devotional
Great are you, O Lord, and exceedingly worthy of praise; your power is immense and your wisdom beyond reckoning . . . you arouse us so that praising you may bring us joy because you have made us and drawn us to yourself, and our heart is restless until it...
by Don Freeman | Oct 7, 2023 | Devotional
Just think! Every time we’ve experienced joy, sadness, loss, fear, winning, grief, laughter, betrayal, celebration, sickness, Jesus has been in the thick of it with us! But it is so easy to absorb all those wide-ranging emotions on our own, as if we are the sum total...
by Don Freeman | Oct 3, 2023 | Devotional
Do you think the Holy Spirit is an extrovert? Do you think he gets lonely? Do you think these are strange things to be asking? Do you ever think about stuff like this? These are some of my ponderings since my recent reunion with a small group of fellow students from...
by Don Freeman | Sep 30, 2023 | Devotional
Amid the many big moments in our lives, there is one that defines and determines the course ofall the rest: the moment (or slow-dawning realization) of our salvation. Then there are theother moments (probably millions of them!), less impactful, but worth recalling...
by Don Freeman | Sep 28, 2023 | Devotional
(continued from Tuesday’s note) Did I mention that I was totally in the dark concerning the details of this evening in early March? Did I also happen to mention that the instant I was going through the front doors of the castle, I was struggling big time against the...
by Don Freeman | Sep 26, 2023 | Devotional
It was while we were living in France. It was a cold, Wednesday evening, our weekly Bible study evening. Sue and I were ready to leave for Nicole’s house where it would take place. We were taking a couple with us this particular Wednesday, so after waiting for them,...
by Don Freeman | Sep 23, 2023 | Devotional
Anybody gotta a flashlight? For city-dwellers, having an occasion to drive along a road through densely wooded country at night can be surprisingly dark. It’s then you take notice of the absence of streetlights and house lights. If it’s a cloudy night, the dark is...
