Whenever I do couples therapy, neither one wants to examine themselves. “Fix the other and I’ll be OK!” They wallow in the universal delusion that looking good is more important that being good. I used to run around being terrified by the delusion that, if I admit the reality that “I am the chief of sinners”, […]
When Jesus was being abandoned by the big crowds and the wishy-washy followers, he turned to Peter and asked if he was going to abandon him also. Peter replied, “Whom else can I go to? Only you have the words of life” John 6:68. This is the grain, the tiny-but sufficient-grain, of mustard seed. When […]
Did you know that God likes it when we are angry with him? For I wish that you were either hot or cold, but you are lukewarm, so I will vomit you out of my mouth. Read Jeremiah 20. Even Jonah was mad at God for not obliterating his enemies. God still listened and talked […]
A fellow traveler in this valley of pain writes: “They say God knew everything about us before we were born; how our life was going to go; what we were going to have to go through, that’s what God knew.. Why is it that, when our plates are already full and overflowing there is always […]
He really does care for you. Let’s consider our tendency to grab each piece of life and turn it into a burden that crushes. How? By taking responsibility onto myself to figure it all out, fix it in my own strength, decide what is best, and worry how the result will make me look and […]
Reader comment:”Something else that I think about continually struggle with is, proof of, do I have salvation? I often struggle with “am I saved?? What if I’m not?” It drives me crazy?” I believe that the very struggle is evidence of authentic salvation (because it’s evidence of the Spirit living in me). If I […]
The truth: if I am faithful in small things then God will entrust to me the great riches, has one meaning but many applications: The Lord has been talking to me about noticing and appreciating and benefiting from the “little things” he does for me, being faithful to appreciate the little evidences of his love. […]
So, what do you think? Is it OK for followers of Jesus to grieve and mourn? OK have you answered the question, or are you waiting to see what I say? Remember those in Thessalonica who were noble enough to think for themselves as well as open enough to listen? Well, Paul’s thoughts to them were Thessalonians […]
Sometimes I feel so small, especially when I study the stars, and the problems around me are so huge that I wonder “why bother?” But God loves to use the small of this world to defeat the powerful. He can take a loaf of bread and multiply it. Unlike the Marines, God is not looking […]
GOD IS ESPECIALLY THERE WITH ME I have been pondering God’s ways with me. (It takes a lot of pondering because even after 64 years as his child, my thoughts are not his thoughts and my ways are not his ways.) He seems to allow things into my life that, frankly, I would not choose. […]
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