Davids Daily Dose

“Cat”astrophe

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23 Our neighbor’s cat, Peanut Butter (she’s the same color), likes to come over to our house and taunt our dogs through the patio door. She stretches out on the welcome mat, leans against the glass and preens herself like a…

August 17, 2019

The Daunting Power to Choose

By faith Moses, when he had grown up refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time Hebrews 11:24-25 The Biblical story of Moses, the reluctant emancipator of the Israelites, is a…

August 10, 2019

Peace by Piece

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Romans 14:19 (NIV) During WWII, Matsuko and her family were among the many Japanese Americans forcibly interred in camps. For three years she longed to return to the farm near Salinas, CA where her husband Hayato’s family had grown…

August 3, 2019

A Trip Down the Stairs

Heal me, Oh Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise Jeremiah 17:14 If you fall head-first down a flight of stairs, you’ll be in the hospital for a week and your friends will feel sorry for you. But take an emotional tumble, that FEELS…

July 28, 2019

Plane Perspective

The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them, but the unfaithful are trapped in their own wickedness. Proverbs 11:5 My friend Jim once took me up in his Cessna for a short flight. As we cruised over the tilled fields at 3500 feet, large round bales of hay on the ground looked…

July 20, 2019

Promises, Promises

People regularly make and break promises. God does not.

July 13, 2019