I’m so glad I serve a God who is both patient and merciful. I set out this week to prepare to teach a Sunday School lesson on Israel’s cycle of idolatry… which turned into an honest appraisal of my own tendencies in this direction (if I am honest that covetousness is in fact idolatry*, and […]
Last week I was looking at things that rouse God’s wrath, things written about the Israelites in the desert, written to be an example and warning to us so that we don’t miss out on God’s best for us (I Cor.10). Moses thought it crucial for the people to remember the stubborn bent of their […]
I find myself some days lately feeling unaccountably glum. The sun may be shining, the birds calling in search of mates, buds blooming and everything running otherwise smoothly in my little world, but there’s this underlying glumness… How come? As Rachel counts down the days till she can fly this nest for greater things, I […]
While I was thinking about the implications of discouragement and how it can be an indicator of idolatry, a very timely article came to my “Inbox” regarding the hopeless spiral of pursuing things other than God, i.e. idolatry. [If you missed last week’s remarks on idolatry you may want to read: Why you are Discouraged] […]
I ‘tuned in’ online to a short sound-bite on “Wretched TV” * which has kept me ruminating all week. It had the innocuous title: “Why You are Discouraged”. I don’t know what explanation I was expecting. But this wasn’t it. Have you ever considered the connection between discouragement and idolatry?! I hadn’t either. But consider […]