Category Archives: Uncategorized

THE STORY OF GOD IN SAMSON

Posted on May 29, 2025 by randscallawayffm

When we read God’s Word, seeking to know God by His Word, we learn more about how He works.  We also begin to see the character of God displayed as He works daily to rescue, save, and deliver His people … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

WHY DIDN’T YOU CALL ME?

Posted on May 28, 2025 by randscallawayffm

The leaders of the tribe of Ephraim delivered a message to Jephthah with the same pride and anger they had shown to Gideon (See Judges 8:1). As before, these “separatists,” so to speak, wanted to share the glory of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

JEPHTHAH—THE REST OF THE STORY

Posted on May 27, 2025 by randscallawayffm

Jephthah was yet another unlikely candidate chosen to save Israel from the consequences of their own sins of betraying God in the worship of the gods of unbelievers.  He was the unwanted son of a prostitute and Gilead.  Gilead tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

ONE REJECTED BECOMES KING 

Posted on May 26, 2025 by randscallawayffm

Turning away from God, the idol-worshiping Israelites suffered foreign invasion and devastation. Finally, desperate for relief, they turned to God, and God raised up a deliverer, Jephthah. This passage leads us from the treacherous leadership of Abimelek, to Issachar and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

KING THORNBUSH VS. JOTHAM!

Posted on May 24, 2025 by randscallawayffm

As retired public school teachers and former pastors; my husband and I encountered many types of families with many different philosophies of raising their children and living life.  We saw families who were split and broken apart by the sins … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

TWO SPIRITS VIE FOR OUR FOCUS

Posted on May 22, 2025 by randscallawayffm

Believers are faced with two choices daily, even hourly. We must decide whose thoughts will lead us.  In fact, what thoughts are leading you right now? What is your first thought as you read this and question why we would … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

WHEN LESS IS MORE!

Posted on May 21, 2025 by randscallawayffm

Does the place you’re called to laborSeem so small and little known?Well, it is great if God is in itAnd He will not forsake His own Little is much when God is in itLabor not for wealth or fameThere’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

UNCOMMON PATIENCE

Posted on May 20, 2025 by randscallawayffm

We are fallible, impatient, intolerant, sin-filled humans who worry and stew about every detail of life.  When faced with a new circumstance beyond our control and not on our radar we melt into a puddle of fear.  Those who know, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

THIS IS MY STORY—THIS IS MY SONG!

Posted on May 19, 2025 by randscallawayffm

A poem or song, as we see throughout the Psalms of David and others who love the Lord and seek His will and His ways, isn’t something we can easily understand at first until we learn the story for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

TWO WISE WOMEN OBEY GOD

Posted on May 17, 2025 by randscallawayffm

On the playground and in the classroom, teachers discover quickly the obvious cycle of disobedience in human behavior:  I am reminded of Jesus story of the Arrogant Pharisee and the Humbled Tax Collector. (See Luke 18-9-14) Bottom line; those who … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment