Grow

It was called a Topsy Turvy, an incredible hanging planter that promised to grow big red tomatoes upside down. My son bought it for me, and I couldn’t wait to see tomatoes growing from the apparatus hung on our porch.

The first year Lori and I were married, we lived in “married student housing” at Oklahoma State University. I had already graduated from college and was teaching and coaching. Lori was finishing up her last year. A couple of miles from our small apartment was a Braum’s ice cream store where cones were fifty cents a scoop at that time. I won’t lie…there were nights we craved, longed for, and yearned for a Braum’s ice cream cone. We would search our apartment for loose change until we had scrounged up a dollar and then happily headed to Braum’s. Now when we visit family in Oklahoma, we still make sure we enjoy a few Braum’s ice cream cones during our stay! Peter instructs us that there is something more important than food that we really need to long for.

From his birth to his death, he demonstrated ultimate humility.

The Heavenly Father uses earthly problems for eternal purposes.

Ask God to give you his wisdom and discernment in a changing and challenging world.

The heavenly Father uses earthly problems for eternal purposes.

Husbands and wives, guard your relationship!

The man after God’s own heart knew his share of difficult times. David experienced disappointment and discouragement firsthand. He wrote of his hard times openly and often in the psalms. But David also knew that God never wastes our time.