About: jen

Recent Posts by jen

God’s strange provision

God’s strange provision
God rescued His people from Egypt and led them into the wilderness. They were hungry while in bondage, never having enough. But God took them out and provided for them. They were able to eat their fill. But how He provided looked very unfamiliar. God gave them something they didn’t even recognize, manna.  Manna literally…
Read more

Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Many of our hymns and Christmas carols contain great theology. Singing them reminds us of who God is and what He has done. God rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day, To save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray. O tidings…
Read more

A Child born but a Son given

A Child born but a Son given
For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given.  Isaiah 9:6 The power of Jesus’ coming is not diminished in the manner of His appearance, but rather reveals it. As Isaiah prophesied, a child was born but a Son was given. I thought this passage was communicating the same thing twice, but…
Read more

Persistent Prayer: Ending before Beginning

Persistent Prayer: Ending before Beginning
It takes awhile for my heart to unfold – to figure out what it feels and finds words to communicate it. I don’t think I’m unusual in that. Getting to some of those deeper parts takes time in a conversation and even more so to get there in a relationship. Even to those closest, it’s…
Read more

Recent Comments by jen