It’s time for spring cleaning in my life – literally the cleaning of my closets and figuratively of my heart. We live in a world that bombards us with the need for more, better, newer, and bigger. It’s so easy to get distracted. And – particularly with social media –
“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.” – Proverbs 3:27 Some of the hardest teachings in the Bible for me are those that abruptly confront my selfish flesh. Love your enemies. Count it as joy when you encounter trials. Forgive
THE FORGIVEN, FORGIVE… The verses for today are taken from the Lord’s Prayer. We are so familiar with it that if we’re honest, we would admit that it really doesn’t mean all that much to us when we read or say it. I know I have felt that way. But
I am riveted by the idea that God knows me not just as His follower, but as a close friend. He knows that when I get tired or lost in a weaving train of thought I twist my hair into long ropes. He knows when I laugh deep and long
“Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things – which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found. See, this alone I found,
Immanuel. This is a beautiful name. A name that causes us to sing and rejoice because it tells us that GOD is with us! So many people during the time of Jesus had no idea that when they were looking upon Him they were looking into the face of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in
I have always had a fascination with castles. It is a wonder that men could build such beautiful and strong structures without our modern technological advances. Something that has always fascinated me are the secret rooms and passages common in castles. Such hidden spaces in the walls, in the roof,
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 5:10-11 We have come to the end of