by Macy Johnson
“Cast all your anxiety on him because
he cares for you.”
(1 Peter 5:7 NIV)
The phrase
“without a hitch” means smoothly, easily, and successfully. That is far from what
we experienced.
It was a
clear, sunny, Sunday afternoon in January. I returned home from church and our
new popup camper was hitched to my husband’s Tacoma. Jeff’s truck was packed
for the maiden voyage of the Fish Camper, my affectionate name for what
Jeff calls Macy’s Playhouse.
by Macy Johnson
“Joseph had a dream, and when he told
it to his brothers,
they hated him all the more.”
(Genesis 37:5 NIV)
“After Herod died, an angel of the
Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.”
(Matthew 2:9 NIV)
Two
Josephs, many dreams. Some paved the way for one Joseph, favored son of Jacob/Israel,
to be carried away to Egypt. Other dreams led another Joseph, earthly father of Jesus,
to escape to Egypt. Both Josephs obediently relied on hope in their Savior God,
and acted on vital lessons learned in their sleep.
by Macy Johnson
“So the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.’”
(Genesis 3:14-15 NIV)
by Macy Johnson
“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the
earth. Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.”
(Psalm 100:1 NIV)
A dear
friend let me borrow her copy of “The One Year Book of Hymns.” I started
reading it in January, excited to learn the personal stories of authors of
different spiritual songs. Every verse was penned to glorify God.
