When I was done with my STEM program in college, I was not ready to start working. I decided to get my Master’s degree instead: build my skillset and spend more time thinking long and hard about my career path. At some point, my graduate program turned to a doctorate pursuit. The first couple of years were really easy. I was acing my classes and loving it. I was told that I was unlikely to pass the PhD Preliminary Examination…..
Isaiah 66:13 (NIV) “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.” God calls Himself our Father. In fact, Jesus mentioned that we should call no one Father but God. Whether or not we do that is a topic of discussion for another day. Though He is “Father,” a number of times in the Bible, God makes allusions to treating us as a mother would treat her child. It is therefore…..
Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV) “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” The book of Ecclesiastes starts by saying that it was written by the son of David, king of Jerusalem. We know this to be the wisest king of all, King Solomon. He received instruction from his mother (stated in the Proverbs), his dad (stated in the Proverbs and Chronicles) and God Himself (also stated…..