Elisha is an Old Testament prophet, and God performed many mighty miracles through him. He healed Naaman of leprosy (2 Kings 5), raised a dead boy back to life (2 Kings 4), and stopped the Aramean army from doing violence (2 Kings 6). But in the midst of these stories, we also read about some [...]

A fragment. A shard. A useless bit of glass. A piece among many. Split from the mass. Silenced. Alone. No comfort in sight. An endless abyss. As dark as the night. A yearning. A desire. A never-ending prayer. For comfort. For calm. For someone to care. A piece among many. Split from the mass. Silenced. [...]

Imagine feeling so certain that if you did one simple thing, you'd have your deepest desire fulfilled. What if that desire was to be healed from years of suffering? And what if, after spending all you had on doctors, you heard about someone who could heal you, even when doctors couldn't? This is the story [...]

Many people sought Jesus during His ministry on earth. Some went to Him to get healed, and some longed to hear from Him and see His miracles. Jesus said that He came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). He even spoke as if He were a shepherd who would go out and search [...]

I sat down for the umpteenth Sunday service. Same row. Same struggle. Same insecurity. Never perfect enough or perhaps just never enough. I was exhausted by the hamster wheel of performance and anticipated leaving church just like I'd come in. Until “So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires [...]

Kyren adjusted her pendant so that the beam of light emanating from it illuminated the paper in her worn, leatherbound notebook. "Day 52. The darkness is all-consuming. Do I even remember what light looks like? Thank God for these pendants—but even they seem to be weakening after all this time in the deep. Still, we [...]

As winter fades into spring, you might feel good about the transition. The birds are singing in the trees again, and the flowers are starting to bloom. As fall fades into winter and the last of the colorful leaves abandon the branches, you might not feel so pleased. The world might feel too cold and [...]

Hating my father hurt. I had stomach-aches that doubled me over at times. But I tried to hide the pain. Mom shouldn't have to worry about me, on top of everything else. My dad left us and moved in with another woman. Mom said to forgive him, but I won't. I can't. I could hear [...]

I held the paper in my hand, reading the message in surprise. A telegram! I didn't know anybody who sent (or received) telegrams, yet there I stood with one of my own. I'd competed at a local level in a national scholarship program and then advanced to the state event. Participating at the state competition [...]

When you read Psalm 136, you might see why I've called it a psalm of thanksgiving. The first three verses say, “Give thanks.” This Psalm was written to be a group song of thanks, meaning that one person or part of the group would sing the first line, then the majority of the group would [...]