Daily Advent Reflections, Day 20: Our lives are speckled with pain and sadness that could have been averted, we think, if only God had listened to us.

Life is awash with words. We chatter away, until we realize how much our words matter. Then we search and stumble.

This is the 28th entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This entry deals with Saul rsquo s initial activities as a disciple of Jesus in Damascus Jerusalem and Tarsus For previous entries please now go to the Complete Acts of the Apostle Commentary where you can

Daily Advent Reflections, Day 19.

Daily Advent Reflection, Dec. 17: So much does God love us that he willingly wades into the messiness of our lives and works there.

Daily Advent Reflections, Dec. 16: We need only pay attention to see many instances of God’s grace all around us.