Theology? Denying oneself is a complex idea and theology. It’s even more complex when it’s personal! Deny myself. I have seen some of its fruit to know that it is something I need more of, but what is it exactly? ‘Exactly’ in me – when I’m working, shopping, driving, chatting and just trying to figure … Continue reading
Distracted. Though You have been at work overhauling my heart, and new ways & thinking are emerging, I can still see the possibility of my tombstone life-summary reading: “distracted by much serving”. This story of Martha and Mary’s division of serving vs. hearing comes right on the heels of a story I thought was about … Continue reading
Treasure. “Your heart will be where your treasure is.” Matthew 6:21 Why is the heart so fragile? It can span the scope of elated, to crushed, in mere seconds. It can love deeply in this direction, but scorn spitefully in the other. Can it really be? Is it really the same heart? Following the trajectory … Continue reading
Satisfied. “The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a well-watered garden. And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.” Isaiah 58:11 Continue reading
Blessed. “Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage.” Psalm 84:5. Continue reading
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