Before God chose Saul to be the first king of Israel, Saul was out wandering in the wilderness chasing lost donkeys. In 1 Samuel, we see a humble and ironic preview of a king who would soon lead a nation whom God Himself compares to wild donkeys accustomed to roaming in the wilderness (Jeremiah 2:24).

On one of the most significant days in Israel’s history—the day their first king was to be revealed—Saul was nowhere to be found. The tribes had travelled from afar, unloaded their baggage and assembled to await the announcement of their first king. The anticipation was thick. Yet when the moment came for Saul to step forward, he was missing. The people searched, confused, until the Lord Himself had to tell them where to look. “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.

Mary’s nine‑month saga of constant tension — a small life actively growing inside her while swirling rumors are actively growing outside her. Every trip to the well, every visit to the marketplace, every gathering of women carried the stressful weight of lingering eyes and whispering judgments, the predictable sneering contempt of an honor‑shame society (Prov 11:12).

The idea of “losing one’s salvation” is a shocking thought. Reading through 2 Peter, the shock sizzles immediately in the very first verse. The false teachers whom Peter later condemns in chapter 2 aren’t outsiders slipping in through cracks. They are insiders like Peter himself. He speaks to all his readers as those who have “obtained a faith of equal standing with ours” (2 Pet 1:1). Whoever “us” refers to—apostles or other believers—the point is clear. Peter is talking to p

"Mellow," according to the Urban Dictionary is a word that refers to “a person’s composure.” It's a reference to “a person’s ability to give others around them the feeling of calm and relaxation especially in the midst of a stressful situation.” Notice that the core component of “mellowness” is the effect this person’s composure has on others. One's mellowness, although one's personal trait, affects other people. A modern way of defining this word is to be “chill” or “be pa