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“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3
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Good Morning, Morning
Good Morning, Morning, Day, gift of the Lord God Almighty, in you will be the fulfillment of all God’s purposes. New ways and wide open spaces are designed to be revealed in you today. We look, see, and engage in a new and mighty living. Make the width and breadth of your allotted time open … Continue reading
Good Morning, Morning
Good Morning, Morning, Day, by the spoken word, you were called and created. Your length and breadth have been made, you are complete and declared good*. Nothing else remains but the fulfillment of the good works which were created to be complete in you today*. Arise, then, and bring it forth. Bear the fruit … Continue reading
A Fresh Word
Alert. Today You speak to me more about the rhythm of abiding*. I’m thinking of Moses, who chose to strike the rock rather than speak to it*…of Saul who offered sacrifices without Your blessing*…and the Israelites who didn’t proceed to battle*. And, on a more positive note, the story about You rustling in the trees*. … Continue reading
Rhythm
Reminded. Your thoughts flooded me yesterday and it was the peace that I was needing, plus the reminders of things forgotten. ‘Love well,’ You reminded me. The objective You had given in the fall of last year, for this year. The abstractness of this needed some guidance. So You continued with the reminders. ‘Bless your … Continue reading
Believing
Wanderings. I’ve been standing on the edge of the Jordan listening, and a story that I am familiar with is taking on new meaning. Moses is recounting the sad tale of the generation that didn’t make it through the wanderings of the wilderness. He’s reviewing the command, their complaints, his encouragement, and then reveals the … Continue reading
One Thing
Sometimes. What a difficult week I’ve chosen. You’d think that this lesson would already be behind me by now. But yet I wrestle. Seeking & seeing. Hearing…and sometimes doing. I guess I just discovered the problem. Sometimes. Sometimes my doing can get side-tracked – by incomplete hearing, by personal tendencies slipping up, or simply by … Continue reading
From the bench
Broken. My heart is broken this morning. It’s a good place, because there are some things on my heart that simply need Your removal. You are so faithful. Even a simple truth is too much for me to bear all at once – so You deliver it slowly… You’ve already revealed that I have spent … Continue reading
Revival
The Backdrop. A heart that sees, hears & obeys. These are the things that You brought out to me as I tried to make sense out of the ‘details’ of Christian living…particularly the one about denying myself. In the same way that You were able to sum up the whole law into one or two … Continue reading
Tendencies
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
toward Compassion
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
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