Heaven - Our Hope

This week we had a wonderful impromptu FamilyLife Staff Meeting with Randy Alcorn speaking.  Certainly it was the hand of Providence that the author of the book Heaven would speak to our staff the morning after a dear friend and coworker met Jesus face-to-face.  Certainly it was the hand of Providence that the author of the book Heaven would speak to our staff the week another dear friend and coworker was discharged from the hospital because there was nothing more the medical staff could do for the cancer she was facing.

In the midst of great suffering, heartache, grief and sadness even the Christian needs to be reminded of our Hope.  The devotional that Randy shared lifted all of our spirits.  One key thing he shared is that "Biblical hope is rooted in the fact that this life and its troubles are brief experiences relative to eternity. Paul said, "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us" (Romans 8:18)."

I could not help but think back to 1978 when two men at different times during the year went out ...

Grumbling

I have a confession to make.  I am a grumbler.  It was recently pointed out to me that the words I use sound like I am complaining and grumbling about my situation.  Of course, I vehemently denied this!  After all I was just stating facts about the situation.  Well, God had some training and correction in mind!

I happen to be reading through the book of Numbers and found a number of references to grumbling. Having just finished reading Exodus I remembered the Israelites were also grumbling on their way out of Egypt towards the promised land. ""How long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me? I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me."  (Numbers 14:27 ESV) As  I studied Numbers 14-17 I became quite aware of the seriousness of grumbling.  Grumbling in the Old Testament time was such an offense to God that he killed those responsible as noted in Chapter 17 "and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods." (Numbers 16:32 ESV)

I think I shall work hard at learning to not grumble and I am very thankful that we are now under the grace of Jesus Christ!

Death was not always God's response to grumbling.  In Exodus he did not slay those who crumbled but he ...

Launched March 1...

FamilyLife is pleased to announce the official launch of MomLife Today, http://www.momlifetoday.com/.

Over the past few years I have monitored a few mom blogs on the Internet.  Some were good, somewhere so so and some were just awful.  What they all had in common was a single moms experience and thoughts of parenting and what it means to be a mom.  I'm excited about MomLife Today because of the crossgenerational panel of moms who contribute, all from various backgrounds and experiences with one common goal to share biblical principles about issues that impact moms.

We are very excited about how God might use this new outreach to speak into the lives