A ROCKY FOUNDATION

      The story is told about a little boy who had been invited to a friend’s birthday party. He was so excited and started counting the days until the party. But the morning of the party he was devastated when he found that a blizzard had struck their little town. The snow was falling in wet, heavy flakes. “I don’t think you should go to the party,” his father said. The little boy was so disappointed. He began to importune his father, begging to be allowed to go. Finally, much to his surprise, his dad said, “All right, you can go to the party.” The little boy bundled up in his hat and coat and started down the street to his friend’s house. When he got to the door, he turned around and saw his father turning to walk back home. It was then he realized that his father had been walking behind him all the way to make sure he was safe. Psalm 37 was written by David when he was an old man. As he wrote the psalm, it’s likely he pondered the path he had traveled on his jour...

                            Gordon Brownville’s tells about the great Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first to discover the magnetic meridian of the North Pole and to discover the South Pole. On one of his trips, Amundsen took a homing pigeon with him. When he had finally reached the top of the world, he opened the bird’s cage and set it free. Imagine the delight of Amundsen’s wife, back in Norway, when she looked up from the doorway of her home and saw the pigeon circling in the sky above. She exclaimed, “He’s alive! My husband is still alive!” When Jesus ascended the disciples clung to his promise to send them the Holy Spirit (Luke 24:49). What joy they had, when the Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost. The disciples would have with them the continual reminder that Jesus was alive and victorious. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit assured th...

        Casper Ten Boom was widely known as the best watch repairman in Holland and people came from all over the Netherlands to have him repair their watches.  To make sure that he set accurate time on the watches after repair, Casper kept his own watch accurate. In Amsterdam there was a clock that was always accurate. Casper would go there once in a while to check the accuracy of his watch. He always travelled with his young daughter Corrie. When Corrie was a young girl, a baby in their neighborhood died. As was the custom of the day, the little body was laid in a casket in the family's living room for two days while neighbors, friends, and family came to visit and grieve with the young parents. Corrie accompanied her mother and older sister to visit the family, and was struck with fear as the reality of death was imprinted on her in that moment. Corrie had a difficult time dealing with the fact that her father would die one day. When her father came to ...