Tag: christ
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The Kindness of the Lord
When we say that God is the standard by which we know and measure goodness and righteousness, we admit that there is no definition completely suitable of these things. There is no set of words in any human language that can fully encompass the wholeness of a standard. We have nothing to correctly compare it…
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Love With All Your…
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind” –Luke 10:27 Really, Lord? Because we know our hearts, and they are deceitful above all things. Our souls are constantly warring with the flesh. Strength, to us, is less preferable than…
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Listening In Clarity
Sometimes I think we’re more accustomed to noise than we are to quiet. The loud must be important. We think that if it is said often enough, it must be valid. In fact, our culture is so tuned into hearing everyone’s opinions that even competing views are now considered relative truths. Although we might often…
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Listening Through the Static
I drove past that familiar gnarled tree, and the yellow house I like. Approaching that long stoplight, I slowed to a stop. It’s a road I know. A drive I make daily. I try to get near to the Lord on the trip. To help me tune in, I’ve usually got a CD and two…
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As White As Snow
What does snow make you think about? What I think about: http://myfaithradio.com/2016/white-snow/
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Peace With Who I Am Not
When Lisa Murray asked me to be a part of her book launch team for Peace For a Lifetime, I didn’t know what to expect. It didn’t seem like fiction –but was it a textbook? A self-help guide? A lengthy theological statement? Peace for a Lifetime is written by a counselor. A friend. A believer….
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Bringing the Old Into the New
Living anew amongst old things is tough. Young people working in offices filled with pre-dominantly middle-aged adults know all about that. It’s hard to “be” the change when it seems nothing is changing around you. But it’s also hard to have a set way and to adapt when newness comes along. Middle-aged adults in…
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New Amongst the Old
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.” –Matthew 9:16 With the New Year, new resolutions are made. New outlooks are had, and, if nothing else, a sense of hope and possibility is renewed. Within weeks, it all…
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Godly New Years Habits
Just a little more than a week into the new year, many of us are trying really hard to make our resolutions into habits. How do we do it? And most importantly, how do we form new habits that are Godly? Tips over at Faith Radio
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I Do! But How Did I Do It?
Confessions of a Bride on a Budget Guest Posted by the lovely Maggie Miller A newlywed, Maggie has been blessed by the Lord with a wonderful man- and a wedding to fit their story. Though she faced discouragement, she can testify to the Lord’s provision for their wedding and the beginning of their marriage….