The trouble with the King’s english is meanings change. The psalm is promising us that God will provide the tools and needs for us to serve him and others. Having food and clothing we are to be content. However we are to want, want, want more of righteousness, panting with thirst for more of God. […]
In C. S. Lewis’ novel, two boys struggle through adventures. One wonders aloud why Aslan (A type of Christ) doesn’t show up and fix everything. His friend, wisely, says, “You know, he is not a tame lion.” If we can’t turn God into a tame lion, we wouldn’t mind a gene in a bottle. Rub […]
We take our healthy and normal anxiety and blow it out of proportion by saying: When will this ever end? What if this happens or that does not happen? This is so unfair! I could try, but it would not work! Poor me, this is so unfair! No one really cares! etc. etc. In Philippians […]
Expectations are just a fancy, nice-sounding synonym for “My rights!” I have found an invariable rule: (If I have anger that I can’t cast on Jesus, then my rights have been trampled, and what I “reasonably” expect has not been forthcoming.) I suggest that rights and expectations make no sense for a pardoned, cleansed, adopted, […]
It is almost humorous how people, who do not want to examine themselves, do not want to get right with God, and do not want to continue to grow, accuse us of thinking we are holier than they. In fact, if they see us living in a more godly way, it is because of our […]
My wife really, really, really likes Christmas. The day after Christmas she says, “Well, 364 more days to Christmas”. As soon as it is reasonable to put up Christmas lights they go up and stay up until the neighbors start to complain. I have to admit that I have become a “Christmas nut” myself. Still […]
Jesus was so much more than anything that we can imagine or desire. One thing that he is and longs to fulfill his role in our lives is that he was The Way. Jesus said, I am the Way the Truth, and the Life! John 14:6 You can’t come to the Father except through Me!” […]
When we were home-schooling, our children were always striving to get by with the least possible. It was as though they asked, “Just how much of this knowledge and skill do I have to put up with?” I see the same thing in myself and my brethren. “OK I have been forgiven and given everlasting […]
The old comment said that if you eat chinese food, you will soon feel hungry again and want more. But is that so bad? We are to hunger and thirst for righteousness and we will be filled. Is that the end? “So now I’m filled so it is time to coast. It almost feels wrong […]
My wife loves to read the last chapter of a novel to make sure that the heroin comes out okay on the other end. Then she can go back into the middle of the story and survive all the cliffhangers because she knows it turns out in the end. Who would want to read a […]
