From the Home Place

September 6, 2025

As we begin another day, the Holy Spirit just reminded me that it is really easy to get stuck in the normal. I got up again. I read from the Scriptures, again. I’m sitting at my computer to write, again. Today, I have my plans of how things should go, again.

Then He really challenged me that when I read a familiar passage of Scripture to not respond with “Well, I just read that passage, again.” Today’s reading in Psalm 114 reminded me of how God worked to part the Red Sea for the nation of Israel as they journeyed from Egypt to the Promised Land. I was reminded of how God rolled back the Jordan, during flood stage, to allow His people to walk across on dry ground. I once again read of how God brought a flood of water out of a rock to care for His people and their critters. Yep, I read all of that again and almost went on about today’s events unchallenged and unchanged.

You see dear friends, we need to stop and chew on all Scripture passages for a bit, instead of just reading them “again!” Put yourself among the one million plus people who walked across where the Red Sea once had them boxed in. Feel the fear as an enemy army is coming to destroy you and your family! Feel the need to hustle across on dry ground where there had been an obstacle just moments ago. Watch as God brings the waters upon Pharaoh’s army in judgment. Fall to your knees and praise God for being who He is, again!

Most of us will face a difficult situation today, or within a few days. We will panic, and then we will do what needs to be done to get through that situation, because that’s what we do. NO! If we get through that threat, it’s because God has done what He does, AGAIN!

Lord help us, may we not witness God doing something amazing for us and then respond with something like, “I sure was lucky.” Dear people, may we today, stop and “Praise the Lord” for His amazing grace. Grace that allows us to live another day. Grace that gives us energy to face with courage whatever difficulty we must face. Grace that allows us to shout, “Praise the Lord!” again and again.

So don’t just live life one more day, again. Instead live in the moments of your life, no matter how many times you may have passed this way before. Agreed, it may not be a Red Sea moment for you today, but it will be a moment when Almighty God does something totally amazing for you, or around you. Please, don’t allow yourself to miss His workings, again.

Making today special with you, Neal