“We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing…
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Word of the Year 2023
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. Psalm 62:5 “I believe, to be sure, that any man who reaches Heaven will find that what he abandoned (even in plucking out his right eye) has not been lost: that the kernel of what he was really seeking even in his…
The Spirit of Christmas
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Psalm 51:10–13 I will honor Christmas in my heart,…
Overwhelmed? Baby Steps to Giant Leaps
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tsu 30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that…
Habits: Making and Breaking Them
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Romans 7:19 Why is it so easy to break good habits and so hard to break bad habits? Why is it easy to fall into bad habits and hard to start good ones? Paul tells us…
Overwhelmed by Great Expectations
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. Psalm 62:5 “When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud. But really, Marilla, the flying…
Where Do You Go When You’re Overwhelmed?
“Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ. “ C. S. Lewis “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”…
Are You Firing On All Cylinders?
From a little spark may burst a flame. Dante Alighieri I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 Look to the Hills I was blessed to attend the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference earlier this…
Be Prepared to Continue Straight
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 “Folk seem to have been just landed in [adventures], usually — their paths were laid that way. But I expect they had lots of chances, like…
Cast on, Cast Off
Can you row?” the Sheep asked, handing her a pair of knitting-needles as she spoke. “Yes, a little—but not on land—and not with needles—” Alice was beginning to say. Lewis Carroll 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. I Peter 5:7 Do you Row? When most people read 1 Peter…