HighPoint Devotionals

There is a little girl named Susie who, after her very first day of preschool, came home bursting with excitement about the story of Snow White. Her mother, anticipating the familiar ending, said warmly, "They lived happily ever after." Susie shook her head and corrected her: "No, they got married." Out of the mouths of babes. Even a child can sense that marriage and happiness are not always the same thing -- and yet, the covenant of marriage remains one of the most profound

There is a moment in Matthew chapter 5 where Jesus says something so direct, so penetrating, that it must have stopped His listeners cold. He takes one of the most ancient moral commands — you shall not commit adultery — and rather than softening it for a modern audience, He deepens it. He pushes past the outward behavior and drives straight into the human heart. That is where the real conversation begins. More Than a Rule It would be easy to read the seventh commandment as