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Welcome to Graceful Reflections
the official blog of M.C. Kennedy
mckennedyauthor
Jul 29, 20242 min read
A Strange Choice
"'Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have...
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mckennedyauthor
Jul 22, 20242 min read
Life from Death
"And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived"...
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mckennedyauthor
Jul 15, 20242 min read
The LORD Will Provide
"So Abraham called the name of that place, 'The LORD will provide'; as it is said to this day, 'On the mount of the LORD it shall be...
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mckennedyauthor
Jul 8, 20242 min read
Wait
"Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram" (Genesis 16:16). The story of Abraham is one of great patience, of...
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mckennedyauthor
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Altars
"Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, 'To your offspring I will give this land.' So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had...
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mckennedyauthor
Jun 24, 20242 min read
Covenant
"Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 'Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you'" (Genesis...
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mckennedyauthor
Jun 17, 20242 min read
To Break God's Heart
"The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil...
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mckennedyauthor
Jun 10, 20242 min read
Sinful Desires
"So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to...
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mckennedyauthor
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Great Treasure
"I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil" (Psalm 119:162). Psalm 119 employs many metaphors for God's Word, comparing it to...
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mckennedyauthor
May 27, 20242 min read
Delightful Word
"If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction" (Psalm 119:92). God's Word is an amazing thing. It is not...
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mckennedyauthor
May 20, 20242 min read
A Conscious Choice
"I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me" (Psalm 119:30). Psalm 119 is all about one man's love for God's law....
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mckennedyauthor
May 13, 20242 min read
A Gracious Life
"And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all...
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mckennedyauthor
Apr 29, 20242 min read
The Gift of Today
"When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see...
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mckennedyauthor
Apr 22, 20242 min read
Pursuit of More
"What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? For all his days are full of sorrow, and his...
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mckennedyauthor
Apr 15, 20242 min read
Cheerful Giver
"Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians...
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mckennedyauthor
Apr 8, 20242 min read
Effective Work
"But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me" (1 Corinthians 16:8-9). Paul always...
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mckennedyauthor
Apr 1, 20242 min read
Victorious Death
"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,...
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mckennedyauthor
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Love and Knowledge
"This 'knowledge' puffs up, but love builds up" (1 Corinthians 8:1). Knowledge isn't everything. We tend to equate knowledge with power....
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mckennedyauthor
Mar 18, 20242 min read
Back to the Basics
"For I decided to know nothing among you except Christ and him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). Paul is one of the most famous characters...
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mckennedyauthor
Mar 4, 20242 min read
A Suffering Savior
"For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted" (Hebrews 2:18). The opening chapters...
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