When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.—To you, O LORD, I […]
He is the Rock; his work is perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; How just and upright he is! —And blessed is the one who is not offended by me. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all […]
I am a debtor — Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.— The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I […]
I have not always believed God’s grace sufficient. I have known the words, the promise, but not always felt their reality. I was once a young mom with a sick baby unconsolable… who would stop breathing in our arms, leaving an empty bassinet at my bedside, even as my milk letdown… As I sang words […]
Jacob’s all-night wrestling match with God has long been a fixating story for me. I returned to this post this week because I still need the reminder that rest is found in surrender to our Faithful and Almighty God… “Jacob Wrestling with the Angel,” by Gustave Dore, 1855 What is the essence of this story […]