Life Thoughts TodayBlessed beyond measure. Cared for, beyond description. Seeing favor in ways & places far beyond what I deserve. And…sometimes still needing to pray for the ‘daily bread’ and basic financial provision to meet obligations each month. If those sound like opposites to you, I’m hoping this brief reflection will serve to re-arrange your thinking about […]
Seriously, this is a “dare” for all who follow Christ. Not the kind of ‘double-dog-dare’ we did as kids. Not an attempt to get you to do something no one else ever should. Not a one time ‘wow’ moment fueled by foolishness nor heralded by hormones. Rather, a dare to do what Jesus has said […]
Ever think, ‘how cool would it be’, to have the prophetic accuracy of Isaiah? To have seen and told of the coming Messiah – His birth, His life, His death. And, be read, studied, memorized by people for thousands of years. Some 500 years before Jesus’ birth, Isaiah declared the virgin would be with child. […]
Glancing back is not pretty. Following the root system is tricky, confusing, and messy. Never mind trying to follow the branches – they’ve gone in so many directions it’s unclear if anyone has a complete list of where they’ve landed. Descriptions on the branches read like someone tried to incorporate all of the ‘seven deadly […]
Hospital room a few days after Thanksgiving, my sister and I on either side of a bed, watching the frail, failing body of our mother. Darkness broken only by the glow of machines designed to monitor the presence, or absence, of life. Mom has been unresponsive for a few days now. Faint echoes of hospital […]
Anyone moving forward in life has them. All who seek to grow spiritually will see them. Anyone desiring to become more and more like Jesus, to step into the fullness of God’s call on their life will hear them. The voices of the crows. The dissenters, detractors, accusers and condemners. The more you step forward, […]
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