by Don Freeman | Jul 9, 2024 | Devotional
When Samuel, Israel’s prophet, was sent by God to the house of Jesse, it was with the top-secret mission to anoint King Saul’s replacement, without the emotionally unstable king’s knowledge, of course. Samuel wanted this to be a quick splattering of oil on the...
by Don Freeman | Jan 9, 2024 | Devotional
“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose...
by Don Freeman | Nov 23, 2023 | Devotional
Maybe you, like me, can reflect on some past circumstances which felt so crushing as to be beyond survival. And maybe you, like me, can now look back in wonderment at how, indeed, we did survive and perhaps even prosper, despite the ‘end-of-life’ rocky stretch. And...
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 | 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...
