Goodies that have escaped categorizing
I had forgotten, or maybe never even noticed…I sat transfixed one morning this week by words in an old journal, a little book dedicated to recording moments in the life of my last-born child… It was ten years ago this week that she had prayed after me a prayer asking that she might go to […]
What mother of us has not felt as Moses surely felt standing before the burning bush…here I am barefoot, standing before you Lord. You are saying you have a job for me to do? I am chosen particularly for it…and yet, this job? Who is sufficient for these things? I am unqualified, overwhelmed, undone at […]
My thoughts run hither and yon tonight, scrambling to summarize my week’s ponderings. I think they’ve run in a big circle actually, starting with an excellent message built on this thesis:What the world needs most to see in the church is ‘our indomitable joy in suffering and in sorrows’*. (John Piper) They already know how to be […]
“If you cannot train your children to do as they ought it is far better to lower your standards and enjoy them as they are than to allow your looks of displeasure to become the norm. A kid may grow up to be undisciplined and self-willed, but there is no reason to add to it […]
“Your life’s purpose may remain a mystery to you, as may the events of your world, but that’s okay. God is in control. We are relieved of the responsibility of understanding everything and the need to change it.”* I ‘happened upon’ these words earlier this week. It was no mistake. Had I not just been […]