Gateway to Heaven

Today’s background photo was taken while whizzing down the road.   A quick glance off to the side and in a blink, we see a gate flash by.  The book of Proverbs is the gateway to wisdom.  Wisdom calls…

Music is powerful!   Music can capture the emotions like nothing else!   Music can pull us in through meter, tempo, rhythm.  It can get our hands clapping!  It can get us up on our feet and dancing!  The joy! …

The gate for today’s background photo is located along a paved walking path.  Every day, a sea of humanity passes by this gate … normal, common, ordinary people … passing by on the walking path. So it was…

As we look at today’s background photo, to be honest, it means nothing to us.  A crumbling wall … there isn’t even a gate … the gate is completely gone.  So what. Now think for a moment to…

Our background photo for today was taken in a botanical garden … one which is filled with a dazzling array of gorgeous plants showcasing vibrant blooms.  But this gate??    Where are the dazzling plants with vibrant blooms?? This…

The books of 1 & 2 Chronicles are written to the first remnant of Jews returning back to their homeland after 70 years of captivity in the far-away land of Babylon.  The very first group to return comes…

The gate in today’s background photo speaks to the fact that the people of Israel have been carried away into captivity in a far-away foreign land.  70 years is a long time to live as exiles in a…

The gate in today’s background photo is flanked on either side by imposing heads of stern-looking statuary.  No doubt prominent, influential heads-of-state back in their day. And so, just as the imposing head-statuary stretches away on either side…

How do you follow the Greatest King of Israel??   …  the Great King David! *  A man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14;   Acts 13:22)   *  Greatest among warriors!  (1 Samuel 18:7)    *  40 years of experience…