Before the fall, Adam and Eve lived in the garden of Eden. They weren’t subject to sin or death. But they hadn’t eaten from the tree of life either. Had they eaten from that tree, the Lord wouldn’t have stopped them after the fall: “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good from…
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What the Cross Means to Me–Katie McKamey
My daughter attends a Christian School. Above is a picture of something she wrote for school around Easter. In her own words, she talks about the meaning of the cross. It is simple, without pretenses, and beautiful. Truly, God has prepared praise from the mouths of children and infants (Matt. 21:16). Read what she wrote…
Call Me Bitter
What follows is something the Lord started dealing with me about just the other night. It’s rather unrefined but I wanted to share it anyway. *** The book of Ruth opens with a story about a woman named Naomi. Naomi moves to Moab with her husband because there is a famine in Israel. Naomi and…
Thought for the Day….
The willingness to part with one’s life is the greatest power in the universe. This is God, for God is love, and we know what love is because He laid down His life for us (1 John 3:16, 4:16).
The More I Come to Know You–Musical Guest Post
Emee O’Reilly is a dear friend and leads worship at our church. Over the years, the Lord has given her many songs. Emee’s music has a way of bypassing all my defenses. There is a quality about it that leaves me completely vulnerable before the Lord. Today’s post features a song from her album, The Alabaster…
The Temple of the Son
Near the end of Ezekiel, the prophet has a vision of God’s glory returning to a restored temple (Ezek. 43:5). He has no vision of the temple being built; it is already built–without hands. As the temple’s design is unfolded to Ezekiel, he sees that the altar lies at the center of the temple. The…
Jesus Done Got Hitched
Comic by Chan Lowe So maybe you heard: Some scholar says Jesus may have had a wife. I won’t bore you by rehashing a debate that amounts to nothing. You can read about it yourself if you want. Big, fat zero or not, I felt annoyed when I first read about it. Once again, non-Christians are…
Hard Pressed but Not Crushed
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also…
Bloom without End
Photo by Carrie McKamey If you’ve followed The Voice of One at all, you know weakness is a theme that comes up regularly. I’m thinking about it again tonight. Weakness usually comes to mind when personal failures or shortcomings break out of me like a caged animal. Or when it seems my soul is surrounded…
The One
Recently, our family has been listening to the soundtrack of Frozen. It’s my daughter’s favorite movie right now so we’re all into it 🙂 One of the songs (sung by princess Anna) is about a ball happening that night. Anna sings that she is excited to meet everyone. Then she adds, “What if I meet THE…
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