by Barbara Higby | Feb 18, 2021
We find breathtaking beauty in our amazing world. When we watch the sun set, hear waves roar and crash, smell pungent pines and light floral scents, feel the softness of a newborn’s skin and the silkiness of their hair, savor the sweetness of a juicy orange or...
by Barbara Higby | Feb 11, 2021
What’s new (beside the year)? The law, a set of rules impossible to keep, no longer keeps us from the Father’s presence—love has opened the way. Love from the Father in sacrificing His Son, love from the Son in submitting to death, love from the Spirit in enabling us...
by Barbara Higby | Feb 4, 2021
What’s new (beside the year)? There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:28 The Bible speaks of a new unity between Jews and Greeks—two people groups who become one in faith, thereby “making peace”...
by Barbara Higby | Jan 28, 2021
What’s new (beside the year)? A new song! Despite the Teacher’s proclamation in Ecclesiastes that life is meaningless, that is only true of those who live solely for this brief time on earth. Those who know God have a new life (last week’s post) and a new song. This...
by Barbara Higby | Jan 21, 2021
When something is made new, it’s already in existence but has been given new life, an overhaul, a fresh beginning. However, there’s no newness like our newness when God takes over our lives and makes us new creations. Unlike any other newness, ours never grows old....
