Carolyn E. Jacobs

This will be the last post on the attribute of God’s perfect timing. I hadn’t planned to make it a series, but it’s been fun to think about. And we bring it to a close with the fullness of time. Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to reward each one as his work deserves. – Revelation 22:12 The apostle John recorded these words of Jesus nearly 2,000 years ago. “Behold, I am coming quickly?” What’s His definition of “quickly?” The Greek word can also be translated “without delay.” Could he mean that, when He does get around to coming, He won’t be searching for His car keys and…

Do you ever get frustrated when you see a lie being perpetuated as truth? Thought so. I knew I wasn’t alone. You know what really gets under my skin? When atheists make a bunch of unsubstantiated claims that get repeated in an echo chamber until those who don’t do their homework accept the nonsense as truth. Do you ever wonder when God is going to intervene? As I’ve said in this little series on God’s timing, He’s always right on time. Something has happened in the last few weeks that has had me fist pumping the air. Have you ever heard of Billy Carson? I hadn’t until news of his…

When I study the Bible, I ask, “Why?” a lot. Why this, not that? Why then? Why that way, not another? When Jesus died, there was an earthquake, and the temple veil was torn from top to bottom. Why? The author of Hebrews tells us what this signifies. Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, through His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let’s approach God with sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. – Hebrews…

Happy New Year! New year, new blog series. If you missed the last post, you’ll know I jumped the gun on 2025 with a post called “Perfect Timing.” In 2024, we looked at the Names of God using Ann Spangler’s book. This year will be a bit like taking the training wheels off–of going off-road to use another transportation metaphor. We’re going to look at different attributes of God, meandering and lingering along the way. Today’s blog post will read like a book review, because J. Warner Wallace’s Person of Interest highlights the Lord’s genius in orchestrating Jesus’s birth. Wallace investigates Jesus’s first coming like a homicide case with no body…

We’ve finished the Names of God 2024 study, and I’m sad to see it end. The discipline of studying His names, investigating the way He reveals His character through His names, has changed me. I’ll be doing something similar in 2025 – looking at His attributes. I won’t be following an organized list like I did in 2024, but I will be using a book to help me stay on track – Ann Voskamp’s Gifts and Gratitudes. It’s a gratitude journal that will force me to be specific and granular. By the end of the year, I’ll have recorded more than 1,000 things for which I’m grateful. The title of…