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I’ve recently been listening to a sermon series on 1-2 Samuel. I absolutely love the rich pictures that are drawn from the narrative stories. They are obviously so much more than a recitation of history. The stories teach us about the character of God. In 1 Samual 13:14, we see that David was a man after God’s own heart. As we read the stories of David, many of them reveal God’s heart in David.

As we approach the sacred season of Easter, our hearts are drawn once again to the immeasurable mercy and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is in the shadow of the cross and the radiance of the empty tomb that we encounter the profound narrative of the woman caught in adultery in John 8:1-12, a narrative that pulsates with the heartbeat of redemption.

In a bustling metropolitan city, nestled between towering skyscrapers and the hum of urban life, lived a young woman named Rachel. She found herself in a challenging season, having recently moved to the city after the passing of her husband. Still in the depths of her loss, and struggling to make ends meet, Rachel took a job at a local café, where she poured her heart into her work.

Reading Isaiah 46:3-4 this morning, it struck me how much I wish I would have known my Father several decades and gray hairs ago in the way I know Him today (and I hope I will have the same sense two decades from now looking back to today).

Familiarity can foster an attitude that reduces the profound to the trivial. My eyes recently passed over 2 Corinthians 5:20 while my heart was not stirred. Yet, the Spirit drew my eyes back over and over again until I had stopped and actually thought about the massive truth: "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us."