This short story came to me this morning as I was meditating on the psalms… (Be careful because it just might convict you as it has me!) Imagine yourself sitting at Starbucks in Seattle gazing out the window. You see a teenage girl crossing the street with headphones on. Then, you see a bus hurtling […]
Recently I’ve had to ask the Lord for forgiveness in my impatience with people in my life. I’ve been very rude in my reaction to others going through life struggles because I so unmercifully have felt they should ‘know better’ or ‘be stronger than this’…forgetting that it is and will forever be by grace that […]
If you ever thought that using such language as “being in love with God” is sissy talk, you should read David’s psalms. He was a man’s man. He knew war. He knew death. He caused quite a few. He lead armies on possible missions. He was more of a man than anyone of us could […]
Good morning everyone, Luke 11:18-21-18 And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 19 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 20 But if it […]
All of the Bible is about Jesus. Even the Old Testament. Ps. 24:3-4, “Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol.” I used to like this verse when I […]
What emotions does the word, “home,” elicit in you? Warmth? Comfort? Strife? Brokenness? I’ve read and memorized Psalm 23 many many times, but I’ve never seen it as a picture of God taking us home… Ps. 23:1-3, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green […]
Good morning everyone, Galatians 6:14-15-But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. The apostle Paul is writing to the […]
Something I misread this morning blessed me tremendously. Psalm 21:4 says, “He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.” But I read it as, “He asked life of YOURS; you gave it to him…” In other words, I read this psalmist requesting for God’s life rather than […]
Good morning everyone, Psalms 3:5-7- I lay down and slept, I woke again, for the Lord sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around. 7 Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; […]
Every act of trust is done against what is natural. If we have a difficult time trusting God for something, it is because doing so will seem to go against what feels natural. Ps. 20:7, “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our god.” David, […]