When I was a child, my father said that the mission board did not want the folks back home to be told the truth about the struggles of spiritual warfare. “Make it all sound good or the supporters back home will stop giving.” Question: is God ever served by making things sound better than they […]
We erroneously think that strength and feeling sad or feeling hurt can’t go together. I believe that God’s greatness is shown, in part, by his capacity to feel pain deeply and not be damaged by it . Have you ever tried to put yourself in his shoes? Imagine that you were the only person on […]
When I was a child, I rode five miles downhill to school. I could do 30 mph going and 5 mph coming home. I learned that if I stared at a rock or a pothole, it would suck me right in. The state police warn people to not stare at an accident in front of […]
If I could give you a medication that made it impossible for you to feel any pain, you would be foolish to take it. If you could step on a nail and it didn’t hurt or even worse, if it felt good to step on that nail, what would you do? You would certainly be […]
Just what does a really healthy person experience in regards to delighting in their God-given design and the life He has given them? When I discharge people from the day hospital, I sometimes tell them that my goal for them is that, in a couple of years, they might wake up, sit on the edge […]
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 […]
OK to sweat the big stuff? The truth is that I shouldn’t sweat anything, well maybe it is alright for me to sweat being obedient, sweat moving my body members according to a growing picture of God’s principles in action. Logically there should be no difference between tough tasks and easy tasks. If I am standing […]
OK to sweat the big stuff? The truth is that I shouldn’t sweat anything, well maybe it is alright for me to sweat being obedient, sweat moving my body members according to a growing picture of God’s principles in action. Logically there should be no difference between tough tasks and easy tasks. If I am standing […]
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
I often wish God would email me, but with my limited internet skills, I would probably miss it or loose it. I was thrown off of my own blog–Lasting victory.com and have been waiting for them to send me a renewal bill but it has not come. So ? is it just my incompetence that […]
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