Into the Abyss
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day...
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day...
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and...
My definitions, rules for “how life works”, standards for what “you have to do”, methods for how “you must…” have pretty much all been...
You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you. Psalm 69:5 OK, I’m going to say it and nobody but God knows how very much I...
From the outside, our family has had a lot of external change this year. Each of the changes have been in process for years, our talk of...
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalm 14:1 I love that the fool, over and over again in the Bible, isn’t the one who...
What shall I return to the LORD for all his goodness to me? Psalm 116:12 God made the skies, the heavens and the earth and said, “It is...
“If you were to die tonight, are you 100% certain you would be in heaven?”…”Before you make a decision, remember the ol’ adage: ‘when in...
It was great that John the Baptist made a point of identifying himself as “not God”. I think that is more important than I fully realize....
He comes to make His blessings flow far as the curse is found… In lieu of other plans which we had looked forward to, our family stayed...
I have always measured my days and my value to others by accomplishment. It has been a great day when I can rattle off all the things I...
I’m not sure that the desire to belong is all bad. As a matter of fact, I think it is pretty good. The desire reminds me that I am not...
My kids love to know “the game plan” for Saturdays or travel days or really most days. They surely get that from me. It is just nice to...
We had the most wonderful weekend up in Durham, NC for Ellie’s first grade teacher’s wedding. The hotel was more than lovely, and I...
We had our first break in on Friday and it was as close to a non-event as that kind of thing could be…at least externally. Nothing was...
That is the name of my friend Melissa’s blog, or at least it is her url address, and I love it. What she is referencing is the reality...
As we began that wonderful drive across the marshes to get onto Tybee Island Saturday, I wondered why I had given us a couple less hours...
He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He...
On my first trip home from college my freshman year, I got my first speeding ticket. I had just gotten inside the city of Atlanta line...
I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”…Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I...