Acceptance

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• The Crisis Questions of Our Faith Jan 9, 2023 Have you ever had a crisis in your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of the will. You may come to that point many times externally, but it…
• The Friend Closer Than A Brother Jul 29, 2022 It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinions. It is easy in solitude to live after our own. But the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps…
• To Us Fathers Who Failed Jul 10, 2022 I am more sinful and flawed than I ever dared believe, more loved and welcomed than I ever dared hope. ~Elyse M. Fitzpatrick And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, even He Who…
• Deadly Mind Chess Jun 4, 2022 I am more sinful and flawed than I ever dared believe, more loved and welcomed than I ever dared hope. ~Elyse M. Fitzpatrick Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let…
• Forgiven, Restored, Accepted. Jun 2, 2022 It is written that we shall “stand before” Him, shall appear, shall be inspected. The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that…
• Let It Burn… Our Warfare Is Ended Mar 23, 2022 Control is an illusion, but isolation is not.
• Taking The Long View on Sorrow And Pain Jan 5, 2022 It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision.We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the…
• Leaving The Yoke of Bondage Jul 29, 2021 Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We…
• Finding The Depths of The Riches Jul 19, 2021 No matter how great your pain or how confusing and intense your suffering, live in the mystery of My love. Struggle to trust Me. Do not live with the priority of making your life in this…
• Mysterium Fidei (The Mystery of Faith) Mar 21, 2021 The mystery of the Bible should teach us, at one and the same time, our nothingness and our greatness, producing humility and animating hope.~Henry Dundas Melville (1742-1811) O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name…
• Atlas Crushed: The Failure of Autonomy Feb 17, 2021 I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.― Ayn Rand, Missing the point, in Atlas…
• How to Handle Stuff Like 2020 Sep 29, 2020 It is the moment that absolutely will happen with any cross-cultural worker, educator or missionary…
• Church: The Great Why May 15, 2020 Why is it so important to know G_d?
• Bitter or Better? Aug 19, 2019 We are immortals dreaming the terrible dream of mere mortality. ~Peter Kreeft Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, … And I…
• Warfare’s End Jan 28, 2019 After the Crucifixion came the Resurrection. After the Resurrection the Ascension. Because Jesus wore a crown of thorns, He now wears a crown of glory. Because He came poor, He now sits enthroned. Because He made…
• Wounding A Man, That He Might Be Healed Oct 31, 2018 It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.~A.W. Tozer Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. For He wounds,…
• Saved: More Than We Know Oct 17, 2018 Jesus is The Divine Logos made flesh.~ Robert Barron See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and…
• The Symphony of Grace Vs. The Zero-Sum Game of The Flesh Sep 24, 2018 All is Grace. ~Karol Józef Wojtyła The outpouring of grace in us all, belongs only to Christ and this sanctifying causality results in the intimate union in Christ; and between divinity and humanity. ~ Thomas Aquina…
• Salt And Light to Share The Bread of Life Aug 5, 2018 Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way. ~Vance Havner “Let Me tell you why you are here. You’re here to…
• No, The Grass Is Not Greener. Not Anywhere Jul 14, 2018 The desire for possessions is dangerous and terrible, knowing no satiety; it drives the soul which it controls to the heights of evil. ~Abba Isidore of Pelusia When the poor and needy seek water, and there…
• Immersed in Feeling – Brutally Honest And Sad Beyond Measure May 21, 2018 Sadness of soul follows from the heaviness of self-regard, a sadness and weight which precludes real union with the other. Joy, on the other hand… ~ Robert Barron O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry…
• Winding Down without Giving Up May 7, 2018 A bridge can still be built, while the bitter waters are flowing beneath. ~Anthony Liccione I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead,…
• Love-Driven Facts May 1, 2018 You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired…
• G_d in The Wrong And Injustice Apr 28, 2018 And yet it may happen in these most desperate trials of our human existence that beyond any rational explanation, we may feel a nail-scarred Hand clutching ours. We are able, as Etty Hillesun, the Dutch Jewess…
• Forgiveness: Always Get Over The Last Hurdle Apr 21, 2018 While we may not want to hear this, many of our spiritual conflicts simply are not going to cease until the character of the Lord Jesus is formed in our hearts. The Father’s goal in delivering…
• Love Loses Apr 15, 2018 We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~ Maya Angelou And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil…
• Stabbed in The Chest: Dying with Love in Betrayal Mar 20, 2018 In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, “I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is trustworthy. I know this directly, through the experience of my life. There have been…
• Remember The Fire Jan 31, 2018 “If you go back to the others now, and wake them up; and tell them you have seen me again; and that you must all get up at once and follow me—what will happen? There is…
• A King Born to Be Rejected Jan 23, 2018 What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness. Buffeted by the fickle winds of failure, battered by their own…
• Spirit And Brain – Keeping Ourselves Thinking Right Dec 3, 2017 God, many are now shocked to realize, does not have a brain. And he never misses it. This is something one must never forget. Body and brain come from him, not the other way around. And…
• Would You Sit with Me Awhile? Nov 22, 2017 Authentic men aren’t afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they’re sad, admit it when they’re wrong, and ask for help when they need it. ~Charles R. Swindoll (1934- ) Then…
• The Pleasure of His Presence: Everything We Have Been Looking For Nov 5, 2017 I regard myself as the most wretched of all men, stinking and covered with sores, and as one who has committed all sorts of crimes against his King. Overcome by remorse, I confess all my wickedness…
• Through Forgiveness into Love Oct 13, 2017 What is perfection in love? Love your enemies in such a way that you would desire to make them your brothers … For so did He love, Who hanging on the Cross, said “Father, forgive them,…
• The Ache: Wanting My Deep to Find Its Home Sep 21, 2017 When I attempted . . . . to describe our spiritual longings, I was omitting one of their most curious characteristics. We usually notice it just as the moment of vision dies away, as the music…
• The Tired Straw That Breaks Our Backs Sep 13, 2017 I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion,…
• Battle-Softened Warrior Aug 18, 2017 …I thank Thee that Thou art risen from the dead, that at this very moment Thou dost indwell me in the person and power of Thy divine Spirit; that Thou hast never expected of me anything…
• Crushed Back into The Presence of G_d Jul 28, 2017 I cannot imagine how religious persons can live satisfied without the practice of the presence of GOD. For my part I keep myself retired with Him in the depth of centre of my soul as much…
• Into The Memory Abyss: Finding Healing Jul 13, 2017 There is no escaping the cross. You will feel either pain in your body or tribulation in your spirit. Sometimes you will feel deserted by God. Sometimes your neighbor will trouble you. Quite frankly, you will…
• Our Own Personal 9/11s: It Matters How We Handle Our Pain Jun 30, 2017 In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, “I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is trustworthy. I know this directly, through the experience of my life. There have been…
• When Someone Wants to Steal Your Joy Jun 25, 2017 The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make brand-new creation. Not to make people with…
• Surrounded by G_d’s Goodness And Mercy May 29, 2017 “To say to an Orthodox Jew, “I would like to have dinner with you,” is understood as “I would like to enter into friendship with you.” Even today, members of Orthodox Jewry will share a donut…
• Requiem for A Reputation May 21, 2017 If we are wise, we will do what Jesus said: endure the cross and despise its shame for the joy that is set before us. To do this is to submit the whole pattern of our…
• Acceptance: Forget Trying to Be Liked Mar 20, 2017 Nothing is more opposed to God than pride, for self-deification is concealed in it, its own nothingness or sin. Thus more than anything humility is acceptable to God, which considers itself nothing, and attributes all goodness,…
• Learning to Believe That I Am Enough Feb 26, 2017 Learn to walk in God’s perception of who you are, because yours is not good enough. ~ Graham Cooke Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first…
• A Father’s Broken Heart Feb 21, 2017 What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness. Buffeted by the fickle winds of failure, battered by their own…
• The Lies of Reputation Feb 20, 2017 Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us. ~Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints…
• Loving Beyond The Gravitron Separation Effect Jan 31, 2017 Getting honest with ourselves does not make us unacceptable to God. It does not distance us from God, but draws us to Him—as nothing else can—and opens us anew to the flow of grace. While Jesus…
• Responding to The Hand We Were Dealt Jan 26, 2017 Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. ~Jawaharlal Nehru Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the…
• Him Bleeding Life into Our Pain Jan 3, 2017 I just know that—old scars can break open like fresh wounds and your unspoken broken can start to rip you wide open and maybe the essence of all the questions is: how in the holy name…
• Our Own Personal Pearl Harbors Dec 11, 2016 Pride blinds us not only to itself, but to every other sin tucked away in the recesses of our hearts and lives. It causes us to hate correction and reproof. It hides our sin from us,…
• Jesus Is The Abundant Life Dec 3, 2016 Beware of hindering yourselves with any weight of earthly cares. Examine your hearts most closely, and purge out each besetting sin with a godly prayerful jealousy. Remember that blessed rule, “looking unto Jesus.” Peter did run…
• The Humiliation of Acceptance Nov 6, 2016 What a weak comfort is the praise of men. Upon such a frail ledge do we mortals build our happiness. ~ Francis Frangipane Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has…
• Knockdown Sorrow And Grief Aug 7, 2016 What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to…

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