by Don Freeman | Mar 13, 2025 | Devotional
Apart from his family’s middle-of-the-night, harried escape from Herod into Egypt, when he was too little to remember, Jesus’ rural Galilean upbringing was mostly uneventful. At the very least it was unrecorded. He would have spent part of his boyhood playing with his...
by Don Freeman | Mar 11, 2025 | Devotional
God’s story is, on the one hand, solid, unwavering, faithful, sure. On the other hand, there are man’s instabilities, disobediences, unfaithfulnesses, waywardnesses. Almost at the beginning, the terrible and far-reaching consequences of the Fall are outlined for...
by Don Freeman | Mar 8, 2025 | Devotional
Indescribable, uncontainable, You placed the stars in the sky, and you know them by name. You are amazing God. All-powerful, untameable, Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim: You are amazing God. These are the words to the chorus of the worship...
by Don Freeman | Mar 6, 2025 | Devotional
Oh! the accusing thoughts racing through Moses’ head! His impulsive rage, and murder, became known to Pharaoh by the next day and fear consumed him. He literally ran for his life into the backside of the wilderness. There, once his running stopped, the dark thoughts...
by Don Freeman | Mar 4, 2025 | Devotional
Every day we get to make hundreds of decisions thanks to our vast personal sovereignty. We prioritize one thing over another, saying No to some things by saying Yes to others. We prefer certain activities while opting out of others. One outstanding example comes to...
by Don Freeman | Mar 1, 2025 | Devotional
As a young adult, it never once occurred to me that I was not in complete control of my life, my decisions, the details of my every day. Equally, I’m sure, it never once occurred to God that I would think I was! It’s pathetic, but a reality nonetheless, the number of...
by Don Freeman | Feb 27, 2025 | Devotional
“What did I do to deserve this?” This question could be a whining complaint about the ills which have befallen someone. Or, equally, it could be the Apostle Paul’s bewilderment at finding himself blessed, protected, provided for, included, etc., in God’s plan of...
by Don Freeman | Feb 25, 2025 | Devotional
We might call them Johnny-on-the-spot or say that they always give 150% to a task. We might say they can be always be counted on, always the first to show up and the last to leave, if they say they’ll do something, you can be sure it will get done and done well. If...
by Don Freeman | Feb 22, 2025 | Devotional
It was an overflow dining room with high ceilings, concrete floors, large windows and the brightest of acoustics. Designed for senior citizens, many of them in wheelchairs, the space suited perfectly. But our school had obtained permission to use it as a lunchroom for...
by Don Freeman | Feb 20, 2025 | Devotional
A 19th Century hymn contains these lyrics: “O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to the Lord in prayer.” (What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Jospeh Scriven, 1819-1886). Hmm. I guess not a whole...
