Time For Providence

I have been away for a little while, working on something called Gold Vein while also making some changes to Time For Providence. The longer I work on it, the more I keep thinking about work itself. Work changes. It evolves. It increases. It takes new shape. But it does not really stop. Even when God rested from all the work He had accomplished in the beginning, creation did not freeze in…

Family, today’s Verse of Providence is 2 Peter 1:4. Appetizer It gives us the beautiful answer to yesterday’s warning: sinful desire leads to corruption, but the promises of God lead us into life. Table Conversation Yesterday, James showed us the hidden movement of temptation: desire carried away into lust–enticed, conceived, bringing forth death. Today, Peter shows us another movement…

Family, today’s Verse of Providence is James 1:14–15, and it brings us to the hidden place where sin begins: desire that is carried away, enticed, conceived, and brought to death. Table Conversation I’m so thankful that James addresses us about temptation; he will not let us blame God for what tempts us. He brings the matter close and makes it intimate—the desire within us that can be lured,…

Okay, family, today’s Verse of Providence is Isaiah 1:16–17, and it brings us to instruction that will not let righteousness remain abstract: wash, remove evil, cease from evil, learn to do good, seek justice, correct oppression, defend the fatherless, and plead for the widow. Table Conversation What does this passage mean for us today, and how do we move with the Holy Spirit into…

Today’s Verse of Providence is John 15:2, and it brings us to the careful hand of the Father: He removes what is fruitless, and He prunes what is fruitful so that it may bear more fruit. Let’s Eat Jesus does not describe the Father as careless with the vine. He describes Him as the vinedresser. That means the Father is not distant from the growth of His people. He is attentive. He sees the…

Today’s Verse of Providence is 2 Corinthians 4:16–18, and it brings us to a steady word for tired souls: what is seen may be heavy, but it is not final. Let’s Eat Paul does not say we have no reason to feel worn down. He says we do not lose heart. Christian hope is not pretending the body is fine, the burden is light, the grief is small, or the pressure is imaginary. Paul is honest: the outer…

Today’s Verse of Providence is Hebrews 12:10–11, and it brings us to a hard but healing truth: the Father’s discipline is not His rejection of His children; it is His love refusing to leave them unformed. Let’s Eat Nobody enjoys the moment the soil breaks. Does the ground applaud the plow? The vine,  the pruning knife, while the branch is being cut? When I was a child receiving correction, I…

Today’s Verse of Providence is Titus 2:11–14, and it brings us to a truth we desperately need: the grace that saves us also trains us. Let’s Eat Grace is often spoken of as pardon, and rightly so. We are saved by grace. We are forgiven by grace. We are rescued by grace. Grace is the kindness of God reaching sinners who could not save themselves, and if grace stopped us in our tracks, brought us…

Today’s Verse of Providence is John 15:13, and it meets us on Memorial Day weekend with a sober reminder: freedom is costly, sacrifice should not be treated lightly, and the greatest love ever shown was displayed by Christ when He laid down His life to free sinners from sin. Let’s Eat It is late on Memorial Day weekend, and I almost missed today’s Verse of Providence. That feels fitting in a…

Today’s Verse of Providence is 1 Corinthians 15:51–52, and it brings us to the mystery of resurrection: the living changed, the dead raised, and mortality swallowed up by life.  Let’s Eat Let me tell you a story. Nearly two thousand years ago, Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, wrote a mystery to the church in Corinth. And today, we are still standing at the edge of that mystery, trying to take…

Today’s Verse of Providence is Galatians 5:22–23, and it brings us to the kind of life the Spirit produces in those who belong to Christ. Let’s Eat Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Many of us can rattle those off like a familiar melody. They can sound like a beautiful list of Christian ideals—something stitched onto a pillow, printed on…

Today’s Verse of Providence is Matthew 16:23, and it brings us into one of the sharpest moments between Jesus and Peter. The scene is not merely about Peter being wrong. It is about what happens when influence, affection, and human reasoning become misaligned with the will of God. “Get behind me, Satan!” The Tension Peter had just confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.…

I’ve been thinking about a verse of providence for the day: a verse placed before us in the ordinary course of life that becomes more than something to read. It becomes something to receive, consider, and obey. Today’s verse is James 2:15–16, and it presses us into a truth that requires maturity: Scripture speaks with different kinds of language about works, faith, grace, and judgment—but the…

Using the verse of the day from the YouVersion Bible app, let’s eat. Today’s verse is Ephesians 2:8–9, and it gives us a simple feast: grace received, boasting silenced, and Christ exalted. Every Soul Is Moving Toward Christ When I process the grace of God that draws us to His Son, Jesus, I think about the human soul’s trajectory. Whether a person believes or does not believe, every soul is…

I have been listening to a song called Winter Rose, and I have not been able to shake it. Not because it is merely beautiful. Not because it simply sounds sad or romantic. It has affected me because it gave language to something I already feel but do not always know how to say. It made me think of Laura. The other night, I wrote to her: I love you. Listen to that song when you have time to…

You are seated now, blind and exposed, back against the podium. The weight of it is punishing as silence presses on your chest.  So what is this? Why am I still alive when this feels like death?! Where is the way out of here? How does truth help me? What becomes of my life? You are tired and weak. The chamber is suffocating. There is nothing for you to do but breathe your last breath. Gasp……

The chamber goes dark and completely quiet, no sound, and unable to see your hand in front of you. You grab hold of the podium and feel on top of it. Sacred is gone. You yell out. Hello! What happened!? What’s going on!? I can’t see! Sacred! Helper! Nothing. You think back to what Sacred said, “To be ready for death is to be ready to lay your life down…” And as you think about what it means…