Luke 6:19 “and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him”

This is the last of the “Experiencing God through our senses” series.  As I explored this series, I wondered what sense would be the one I would not want to give up.  Could I go without seeing?  Plenty of people do.  Hearing?  Again, life wouldn’t be the same, but I could.  Taste and smell make life exciting, but truly aren’t Read the rest of this entry »

This if the 4th devotional on experiencing God through our senses. Thus far, I’ve covered smell, taste and sight. This writing covers hearing and the next one will wrap it up with feeling (pun intended).

Scripture: Let him who has an ear, let him hear. (Rev 13:9)

There is hearing and then there is listening. All of us tend to hear, unless we are impacted by a Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve noticed an odd quirk about me.  If I get up in the middle of the night and don’t turn a light on, so I am walking in the dark, I will do it with my eyes closed.  Whenever I am walking in the dark, I shut my eyes.  I don’t know why.  Maybe it helps me focus on what I know and not be confused by the little bit of light that may be casting shadows.  I need light.  Partial or dim light is of little use.
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Tastes like Chicken

Looking at a series on “Sensing God”.  The word of God is full of examples where our five senses are used to present the very real experience of knowing God.  Last time we looked at smell.  This time we look at the sense of taste.

1 Peter 2:2-3
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. Read the rest of this entry »

We rely on our nose.  It provides us a lot of information.
Working on our cars, we can quickly identify the smell of burnt ATF.
We can tell the type of fuel someone runs by their exhaust – gas, alcohol, ethanol.

Smell also retrieves information.  I remember one point in the middle of this long winter sitting down in my car and just smelling the collected smells of my car and was quickly off day dreaming about the track.

Some facts about smell:
80% of what we taste comes from the sense of smell
When we are hungry, our sense of smell improves
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