Something Greater

Established Forever! I don't long to be ruled by a king. In my social studies class in high school, I was never drawn to the idea of a monarchy or an empire. I considered such forms of government to be oppressive, impractical, and impersonal. My first year of college brought me into close contact with people much different than I...different skin color, different social rules, different spiritual journeys. The only constant preference that drew us together was the fervent belief in democracy, in representative government, in collaboration and the right of the individual. I became a Christian during that first year of college. It was an inexplicable change of heart and mind that I often wonder at even today. The foundational truths of this new faith were to be found in The Holy Bible, which often referred to God as "King of kings, Lord of lords." "I charge you in the presence of God...he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of

The Story of Deborah and Jael, Part Four: A Mother in Anguish My Name Does Not Matter "You do not want to be God's enemy." Note: The Story of Deborah and Jael, Part One introduced a story of faith, love and salvation, told through the lives of two remarkable women: Deborah and Jael. Part Two imagined Deborah telling her story, as if she were speaking to us all now, face-to-face. Part Three focused on the story of Jael, a woman living in the same region as Deborah, but in very different circumstances. Jael's story was not epic, and it was not pretty. But it was ruthless in its honesty and in its pursuit of what matters most to a person. These women remind us that God desires that we fully rely upon what he says, God desires that we fully love what God loves, and hate and what God hates, and God desires that we fully live with him. But there was a third woman in the story...a woman who is not named...a woman who did not love what God loves. This wo