Trials are hard and we'd all avoid them if we could. We like comfort and ease, yet life in a fallen world makes avoiding difficulties impossible. Though we as Christians recognize God uses suffering to sanctify his beloved children, we often need reminding that each trial is appointed for us by our heavenly Father for… Continue reading Hold Steady in this Trial
Category: Faith
Finding Christmas
Familiarity with something doesn’t necessarily mean we grasp its deeper meaning. Most of us have heard the Christmas story all our lives, but how many of us actually get it? Before I was saved, I had no notion of the meaning of Christmas. Year after year I sang about this little Lord Jesus who lay… Continue reading Finding Christmas
Something Brief, Something True: Peace
Today I'm participating in Aliens & Pilgrims Something Brief, Something True with this thought: “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” (Isaiah 26:3) There is nothing like a little worry or fear to ruin a perfectly peaceful day. Sometimes these irritants creep in unaware. Silent… Continue reading Something Brief, Something True: Peace
Things Too Marvelous
Psalm 131 is a wonderfully humble prayer written by the man after God's own heart, David. It begins like this: O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with thingstoo great and too marvelous for me. (Psalm 131:1) Oh, how I would like to be… Continue reading Things Too Marvelous
Enoch: The Pattern Breaker
“Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” Genesis 5:24 Every day you and I, by our actions and conversations, walk somewhere—in some direction—with someone. Have you ever considered who you are walking with and where you are going? “Enoch walked with God.” There is something so simple yet unbelievably… Continue reading Enoch: The Pattern Breaker
The Light for My Path 