We wanted blood. And what is incomprehensible? We got it.
We were out for blood
Maintaining your lane
“But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.” Proverbs 4: 18 Feeling my face flush and blood pressure shoot up, I watch as the car in front of me slows and then continues to drift from its lane. The driver had to hear … Continue reading Maintaining your lane
Putting our faith in the wrong thing
“Ideal Christianity doesn’t exist, because anything the human being touches, even Christian truth, he deforms slightly in his own image.” ~Flannery O’Connor The sound was surely worse than the reality. At least that is what I told myself as the pounding brushes and blasting water grew louder. The massive arms rolled ever-so-slowly down the length … Continue reading Putting our faith in the wrong thing
Flat tires and wild imaginings
Like a constrictor squeezing harder with each gasp, the feeble mind eliminates any rational line of thinking. It is why anxiety can feel so suffocating.
Rattling my brains
The Word can change us from the inside out, if we are only willing.
He always remembers us
Though God’s people repeatedly forget him, he never forgets them. Though God’s people often flatter with their mouths, lie with their tongues, he is always true. Though God’s people often lack compassion, he does not. God’s people forget him, but he always remembers us.
The wonder of Charlie Brown’s Christmas
We have expectations and disappointments and are often swept up in a world that glosses over the underlying glory of the truth.
You throw like a girl
We can be afflicted, perplexed, persecuted and even struck down—but God.
The comforts of home
Following his lead does not lead to an inviting home on a temporal plane. It is a battle for the heart and mind against the quiet of fleeting, shallow fulfillment.
I’m with Him!
When we come face-to-face with God, there is no appropriating His name or power for ourselves. When we know Him, there can only be awe, reverence, fear before the depths of His presence.
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