Righteous Father! The world has not known You. But I have known You and these have known that You sent Me. I made your name known to them and will make it known so the love You have loved Me with may be in them and I may be in them… Holy Father, protect them […]
Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whose hands and hearts are pure— “Who is able to stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God?” they cried out. “Where can we send the Ark from here?”—How can I know all the sins lurking in […]
Sin is deceitful. It hardens our hearts. It dulls our hearing and would damn our souls, but for Jesus, our great high priest. Sing to Jesus, Lord of our shame, Lord of our sinful hearts…Our great Redeemer Have you read Leviticus lately? Forgiveness is costly. Sin is deadly. Without blood there is no remission of […]
Last week I talked about holiness, and particularly what it is not. We can think ourselves holy by external comparisons with others when we base our perceived ‘holiness’ on what we do or don’t do rather than what’s in our hearts. We can deceive ourselves especially well if we maintain a little distance (and deafness) […]
Holiness is beautiful. Its counterfeits are odious, but their standards are humanly attainable. So we write our rules and set ourselves to keeping them. We make our do’s and don’t lists and check them off…and are no more holy, and maybe a little more smug, when we’re through. I’ve been meditating, talking and reading about […]