I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin….I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.–Nothing in all creation can hide from him. Everything is […]
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake… And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.–But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we […]
I grow weary of waiting to be more than I am…to overcome weaknesses of personality, of upbringing, of an underlying shortness of faith (for want of a better way to put it). Will I go to my grave frustrated at my feeble prayer life, for instance? Will I be forever fearful of the unknown, the […]
Now there’s an expression I haven’t heard in a long while! Apparently it dates back to the 1700’s. And though it alludes to the goodness and grace of God it is used commonly as an expression of surprise, dismay or alarm. I would like to reclaim it as an expression of actual appreciation for God’s […]
“Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live.” Is.55:3 I sat in the back yard this morning—my very own retreat center—savoring sunshine, and the quiet that is not quite silence… mulling over the Word and my reactions to it, reading, cat-napping, and just relishing this being a living temple for Almighty […]