Weekly Wisdom: I Wrestled with Jacob and God Won

Posted on November 5, 2015 by My Rose Colored Shades

I recently had a chance to revisit Jacob’s story in Genesis 27-28 as part of my attempt to read the Bible in a year. I knew Jacob was not one of my favorite people in the Bible but my dislike for him grew even stronger as I read his story for the umpteenth time. Conniving, deceitful, self-promoting…these are a few of the words that come to mind when I think of Jacob. He not only took Esau’s birthright but tricked Isaac into blessing him instead of his brother. Even when God revealed Himself to Jacob in a mighty way thru a dream, he dared to put a condition on his relationship with God! He declares that God will be his God if He watches over him on his journey and provides for all his needs. And yet in Malachi 1:2-3, God says that “I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated. But why??? It doesn’t seem fair! Continue reading →

Weekly Wisdom: When You Feel the Spirit Nudging…

Posted on October 22, 2015 by My Rose Colored Shades

I had driven by him several times during the summer. With cardboard sign in hand and a grimace on his face, he would stand there for hours with the hot sun shining down on him. I found myself always in a hurry to get somewhere so all I managed to do was to make a mental note to myself to stop by Target to buy him a cap and a cold drink and bring them over to him one of these days. Weeks went by and when I finally made my way back to that intersection, he was no longer there. Another missed opportunity, I thought to myself. Continue reading →

Weekly Wisdom: The God of the Universe Knows Us by Name

Posted on October 16, 2015 by My Rose Colored Shades

I’ve been trying to write this post for the past couple of weeks and I find myself at a loss for words every time. Nothing I come up with seems to appropriately convey the magnitude of what I’m trying to express. Perhaps I still don’t have a firm grasp of the concept I’m trying to present. Nonetheless, I feel compelled to put it on paper (online) and I hope it helps to remind us of the awesome God we serve.

Is it perplexing to you that the God of the universe, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God, who made the heavens and the earth and all living things, knows you and me by name, knows the number of hairs on our head and is familiar with all of our ways? Continue reading →

High on the Word: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Posted on April 11, 2014 by My Rose Colored Shades

For the Lenten season, I’m participating in the #SheSharesTruth weekly linkup where readers share the wisdom they’ve gained from the bible passage given by She Reads Truth. This week’s passage was 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When … Continue reading →