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• The Firm Foundation of Weakness Mar 18, 2023 Christ above me, very God of very God,Christ below me, incarnate of the dust,Christ at my right hand in my strength,Christ at my left hand in my weakness,Christ before me when seen,Christ behind me when unseen,Christ…
• Through The Stygian Silence Oct 15, 2021 The Enlightenment turned away from truth and toward a darkling weakening horizon, sad and grey to see. The afterglow of Christianity is near gone now and a stygian silence lurks in wait.~ Norm Macdonald Then I…
• Do We Really Want New Life? May 16, 2021 There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus noticed him lying there , knowing that he had been in that condition a long time (38 years), He said to…
• 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…
• Infinite Unseen Strength Jul 26, 2020 A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control.~Jordan Peterson O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O…
• Win First Then Fight Jun 29, 2020 先胜后战 (Xiān shèng hòu zhàn)~ 孫子 Sun Tzu Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to…
• Just Who Do You Think You Are? Jun 14, 2020 Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back. ~Heraclitus
• Out of The Black Hole of Self-Regard Oct 4, 2018 Hans Urs von Balthasar said it best: we do not live in an ego-drama. We live in a Theo-drama. Life does not work any other way.
• Push Off, Devil! Oh… And You Owe Me My Life Back! Apr 22, 2018 In the Name of Jesus, I prohibit the spiritual powers assigned to me to hinder my family. I arrest them in the Name of Jesus and legally declare that they are blocked from entry into my…
• Vis et Honor (Strength and Honor) Apr 9, 2018 An honorable man restores the dignity of others. ~Anonymous You shall therefore lay up these words of Mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand,…
• Battle: A Warrior Worth His Salt Dec 7, 2017 It is not a question of our equipment, but of our poverty; not what we bring with us, but what he puts in us; not our natural virtues, our strength of character, our knowledge, our experience;…
• 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,…
• Kingdoms Are Founded on Blood Sep 11, 2017 I am much struck with the contrast between Christ’s mode of gathering people to himself and the way practiced by Alexander the Great, by Julius Caesar, and by myself. The people have been gathered to us…
• God Our Battle Fighter! Aug 22, 2017 This reminds all of us who have given public testimony of our faith in Christ, that we are still in an enemy’s country. You remember how Bunyan (to quote the great Dreamer again) represents Christiana and…
• The Presence of G_d: Blue Skies in The Storms of Life. Jul 25, 2017 The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. ~Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by…
• Help Is On The Way Jul 14, 2017 Because the more we give, the better we become. Real love is not self-seeking, and it will always cost you. It will cost your heart, your time and your money. It will cost your comfort, your…
• Suffering: Warfare in The Hornet’s Nest of Our Mind Jun 25, 2017 When you’re lovers in a dangerous time Sometimes you’re made to feel as if your love’s a crime — But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight — Got to kick at the darkness…
• The Ten Resolutions of Honor May 30, 2017 These are the resolutions of a man totally surrendered to Christ. These are my resolutions. They are from a sermon by Eric Ludy, at the Church at Ellerslie, Windsor, Colorado on 12 Jun 2011. Other Title…
• Princes of The Kingdom: Living ἐν κηρύγματι May 28, 2017 The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become – the more we realize that everything in life is a gift. The tenor of our lives becomes one of humble and…
• Deeper Belief: Into Who Jesus Is May 25, 2017 The bending of the mind by the powers of this world has twisted the gospel of grace into religious bondage and distorted the image of God into an eternal, small-minded bookkeeper. The Christian community resembles a…
• Living Beyond Fear May 20, 2017 What would you do if you had no fear? What would your life be like if you had no fear? What would you attempt for God if you knew you couldn’t fail? What would you plan…
• Longing for A Certain Death Apr 21, 2017 There is an intimate bond between the sufferings of Christ and the conflict and suffering in each Christian life. The daily dying of the Christian is a prolongation of Christ’s own death. Paul writes in Romans…
• The Crushing Loads We Should Not Carry Mar 18, 2017 I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden.” ~Saint Augustine…
• Rest And Belief: Intimate Bedfellows Mar 17, 2017 “The devil never rejoices more,” said Francis of Assisi, “than when he robs a servant of God of his peace of heart.” Peace and joy go a-begging when the heart of a Christian pants for one…
• Exulting Over The Majesty of Our Salvation Mar 10, 2017 Only to sit and think of God, Oh what a joy it is! To think the thought, to breathe the name Earth has no higher bliss. ~Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) And Mary said, “My soul magnifies…
• Suffering: Letting Go for The Good Mar 9, 2017 O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and Your strength. Help us to have perfect trust in Your protecting love…
• Mysterium Tremendum Mar 5, 2017 Hollywood has not yet recognized what truly tingles the spine, buckles the knees, quakes the heart, and turns bones into jelly. To meet God is a terrifying adventure. ~Terry Lindvall In the year that King Uzziah…
• Having A Full Heart on An Empty Tank Feb 28, 2017 The troubles of the 1st worlder are real. And, though we share most of the same heart issues as anyone who has ever breathed, there is a draining effect to the high-speed existence that an urban…
• The Enormity of Providence Feb 23, 2017 God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them. ~ John Piper He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by…
• Courage in The Presence of G_d Feb 4, 2017 Oh, If only once we could be convinced of God’s goodness towards His children and of His desire to reveal Himself to them! We would no longer seek out own selfish desires. We would not be…
• Fortitudo! Jan 14, 2017 Often the test of courage is not to die but to live! ~ Vittorio Alfieri Courage is a heart full… strengthened and made supple by Him. ~ Makala Barnabas Doulos There shall come forth a Shoot…
• What? Like You Are Gonna Lose? Jan 4, 2017 Sing aloud, children! sing to the glorious King of Redemption, who sits on the throne, for the seraphim high veil their faces, and cry, and the angels are praising the Son. With His raiment blood-dyed, and…
• The Weather Outside Is Frightful Dec 27, 2016 The first thing that Jesus promises is suffering: “I tell you… you will be weeping and wailing… and you will be sorrowful.” But he calls these pains birth pains. And so, what seems a hindrance becomes…
• The Poverty of Sin vs. Stronghold of His Presence Dec 17, 2016 What if the biggest problem in America is not drugs, or pornography, or abortion, or poverty, or low education, or terrorism, or crime? What if the biggest problem in America is simply the lack of goodness?…
• Fighting Against Battle Momentum: Learning to Be At Ease Nov 10, 2016 In time of trouble go not out of yourself to seek for aid; for the whole benefit of trial consists in silence, patience, rest, and resignation. In this condition divine strength is found for the hard…
• Living An Ascended Lifestyle Oct 28, 2016 Worldy people imagine that the saints must find it difficult to live with so many restrictions, but the bondage is with the world, not with the saints. There is no such thing as freedom in the…
• Over The Bridge And into The Fear of The Lord Oct 25, 2016 When we come into this sweet relationship, we are beginning to learn astonished reverence, breathless adoration, awesome fascination, lofty admiration of the attributes of God and something of the breathless silence that we know when God…
• Undone After Forty Years of Punching Through Oct 23, 2016 Don’t the hours grow shorter as the days go by You never get to stop and open our eyes One minute you’re waiting for the sky to fall The next you’re dazzled by the beauty of…
• The Great Letting Go Sep 14, 2016 We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus. ~Oswald…
• Forever Beyond the Great Sadness Sep 9, 2016 Bittersweet is a word not understood by most. Only them who have heard the enormous roar of His quiet Peace above the storm through which they have passed, know this word’s true sense.~ Makala Barnabas Doulos…
• Living Free among The Captives Aug 21, 2016 The martyr cannot be dishonored… every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.~Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Behold, I am sending you out as…
• The Father’s Heart Aug 6, 2016 For Ragamuffins, God’s name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair – for some, self-destruction.…
• The Dull Mediocrity of Pride Aug 5, 2016 It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who…
• Goodness Always Grows Jul 31, 2016 Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows. ~John Milton (1608-1674) Goodness Always Grows… The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall…
• No, Is A Complete Sentence Jul 29, 2016 “No.,” is a complete sentence. It does not require justification or explanation. ~ Megan LeBoutillier I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes,…
• Taking Every Thought Captive: Freedom from Lies Jul 20, 2016 The devil wrestles with God, and the field of battle is the human heart.~Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevski (1821-1881) For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons…
• A King’s Rage Jul 17, 2016 The devil never rejoices more,” said Francis of Assisi, “than when he robs a servant of God of his peace of heart.” Peace and joy go a-begging when the heart of a Christian pants for one…
• Living Large Jul 13, 2016 Here, monks, a disciple dwells pervading one direction with his heart filled with loving-kindness, likewise the second, the third, and the fourth direction; so above, below and around; he dwells pervading the entire world everywhere and…
• Getting Angry at The Right Target Jun 11, 2016 Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life–be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others…I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba’s child…
• The War Is Over Jun 10, 2016 In time of trouble go not out of yourself to seek for aid; for the whole benefit of trial consists in silence, patience, rest, and resignation. In this condition divine strength is found for the hard…
• Crazy Old Fool May 13, 2016 The Father says today go out in your day and overwhelm the enemy with your joy. My kingdom is righteousness, peace and joy. Your peace and your joy will cause the enemy to be bread for…
• Quit You Like Men May 11, 2016 God has given us everything we need to pull off the impossible. ~Makala B. Doulos I may not have many more opportunities of preaching, and I make up my mind to this one thing, that I…
• Needing Encouragement: Getting It by Losing Something May 10, 2016 But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, “Courage, dear heart,” and the voice, she felt sure, was Aslan’s, and with the voice a delicious smell breathed…
• Finding The Fullness in Christ May 3, 2016 He that willingly submits to the cross, to him its whole burden is changed into a sweet assurance of divine comfort. And the more the flesh is broken down by the cross, the more the spirit…
• The Devil’s Self-Defeating Strategy Apr 16, 2016 Among the small but endlessly abundant and therefore very effective things that science ought to heed more than the great, rare things, is goodwill. I mean those expressions of a friendly disposition in interactions, that smile…
• Between Grace and Glory Mar 28, 2016 A Christian is one who when he thinks of the past thinks of the grace of which he has partaken. When he thinks of the future, he thinks of the sharing in the glory that is…
• Affirmation: A Warrior’s Fuel Mar 19, 2016 FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race: Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet’s pace; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than…
• The End of Heaviness Mar 9, 2016 For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love of Jesus Christ knows no shadow of alteration or change. When…
• Double Threat for The Enemy Feb 23, 2016 We two form a multitude.~OvidWives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, His body, and is…
• Sustenance in The Presence of G_d Feb 21, 2016 Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ. ~ Brennan Manning Now even the first covenant had regulations for…
• Monuments of Pain Feb 18, 2016 We must not be surprised at even the greatest defects in good souls. We must quietly leave them alone until God gives the signal of gradual removal. Otherwise we will pull up the wheat with the…
• When The Brain Reigns, Bondage Begins Feb 12, 2016 Jesus Christ set a window in the tiny dark dungeon of the ego in which we all languish, letting in a light, providing a vista, and offering a way of release from the servitude of the…
• Swing for The Fence Feb 10, 2016 I shall not fear the battleIf Thou art by my side,Nor wander from the pathwayIf Thou wilt be my guide.~John E. Bode I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,…
• Could Go Back… But Why? Jan 22, 2016 Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear and with a manly heart.~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Brothers,…
• Living Heavenly Minded Jan 6, 2016 Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a divine center, a speaking voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our…
• The Enormity of The Gospel in Christmas Dec 22, 2015 Advent. The coming of quiet joy.Arrival of radiant light in our darkness.Breath, mouth, ears, eyesHe is curtailed who overflowed all skies, all years.Older than eternity, now he is new.Now native to earth as I am,nailed to…
• Overwhelming Victory in The Weakest of Packages Dec 13, 2015 Salvation rips through the surface of time in the cry of a tiny Babe.~ Bruce Cockburn The people who walked in darknesshave seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,on them has…
• Pharisaical Freedom Thieves Dec 6, 2015 Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.~ Brennan Manning After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the…
• 100 Days in The Middle Kingdom of China Nov 29, 2015 In seeking to preserve your own life you will lose it. If you are prepared to lose your life for God’s sake, you will find it… I believe that such a moment comes in the life…
• No Need for Chaos Nov 23, 2015 A vessel that grows as it is filled will never be full. If a bin able to hold a cartload grew while you were dumping your load in it, you could never fill it. The soul…
• Warriors Outside of Time Nov 23, 2015 Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions, form true honor.~Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?— the God who equipped me with strength…
• The Light Is On – Do We Know We Are Home? Nov 17, 2015 Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.~Brennan Manning So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For…
• Stack Overflow Stress: A Re-post on Change Management Oct 28, 2015 To lie down in the time of grief, to be quiet under the stroke of adverse fortune, implies a great strength. But I know of something that implies a strength greater still. It is the power…
• Communion Oct 26, 2015 (In the context of finding yourself deeply in Love with Jesus, and completely at peace…) Laying aside the possibility that you are enjoying the wonders of having gone stark raving mad, I would surmise that you…
• Staying Still for The Long-Term Oct 21, 2015 Unlovely, nay frightful, is the solitude of the soul which is without God in the world—this chill, houseless, fatherless, aimless Cain, the man who hears only the sound of his own footsteps in God’s resplendent creation.~Ralph…
• Radical Repentance from Our Fears Oct 6, 2015 I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear…
• Power’s Corruption Vs. The Authority in Integrity Sep 15, 2015 Integrity is only found at the moment where the bedrock of self has been shattered, and a new depth of being discovered.~ Makala Barnabas Doulos I am the True Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.…
• Going to Ground Aug 25, 2015 Do we feel dry, weary, filled with a sense of failure? In the twinkle of an eye we can relate our mood to Jesus Who one day felt the same way and collapsed exhausted by a…
• Fools in Exile Aug 23, 2015 Our Life in Christ. It’s not an easy thing to grasp. Maybe you understand it only by living it. And maybe Augustine was right on the money when he wrote: ‘Give me someone who loves and…
• Wobbly-Hearted Courage Aug 12, 2015 Hold my faith for me! I cannot grasp it right now!~ An African mother in travail of childbirth, to her attendants. The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, calling two of…
• He Is with Us: Past, Present and Future Jul 29, 2015 To live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness is to let go of cares and concerns, to stop organizing means to ends and simply be in each moment of awareness as an end in itself… We…
• Inches from Death, And Totally Alive Jul 8, 2015 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…
• Our Clumsy Participation in The Army of The LORD of Hosts Jul 2, 2015 Jesus called Peter a “rock” long before Peter was stable & mature. He leads us by calling out what He sees not by calling out our failures.~ James Goll Behold, a day is coming for the…
• The Kingdom of Heaven Is Yours May 31, 2015 As his child, you are entitled to his kingdom, the warmth, the peace, and the power of his presence, the wisdom, the insight, and the guidance of his Spirit, the goodness, the joy, and every supreme…
• Why Hiding in Christ Is Not Cowardice May 13, 2015 Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out…
• Having The Courage to Hide Mar 25, 2015 Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.― Corrie ten Boom The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe. A rich…
• Love And Our Needs Mar 17, 2015 We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own…
• Love Never Fails Mar 15, 2015 In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.~Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate BelongingIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a…
• Tough Faith in A Tough Jesus Feb 22, 2015 Faith is blind—except upward. It is blind to impossibilities and deaf to doubt. It listens only to God.~Samuel Dickey Gordon (1859-1936) And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling…
• Victory in The Dwelling Place Feb 16, 2015 Lord, what a change within us one short hour spent in thy presence will Avail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take! What parched grounds refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and all…
• To Stand And Not Be Moved Feb 9, 2015 So let it be in God’s own might We gird us for the coming fight, And, strong in him whose cause is ours, In conflict with unholy powers, We grasp the weapons he has given, The…
• Grace Bursts Through Feb 2, 2015 As in nature and in the arts, so in grace: it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster. The more the diamond is cut, the brighter it sparkles, and in what…
• Him Proving His Plans for Us Jan 30, 2015 Thank you, Father, for these tears that have carried me to the depth of your love. How could I have known your fullness without the emptiness, your acceptance without the rejection, your forgiveness without my failure,…
• Beyond Care: Perfect Faith Jan 29, 2015 I will never forget the day I realized that both God and the devil wanted me to die but for different reasons. Satan wanted to destroy me through slander while God wanted to use these same…
• Rebelling Against Fear and Anxiety Jan 15, 2015 You’re just a shell until you decide to rebel.~ Arrested Development Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be…
• Resting into Victory Jan 3, 2015 There are three kinds of faith in Christ: 1. Struggling faith, like a man in deep water desperately swimming. 2. Clinging faith, like a man hanging to the side of a boat. 3. Resting faith, like…
• Amazingly Luminous Beings We Are Jan 2, 2015 It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor…. It is…
• When A Big Splash Only Makes Little Waves Dec 9, 2014 Christ turned the world’s accepted standards upside down. It was the poor, not the rich, who were blessed; the weak, not the strong, who were to be esteemed; the pure in heart, not the sophisticated and…
• Trying to Build A Home on A Lilypad Dec 7, 2014 Winged time glides on insensibly and deceives us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years.~Ovid (43 b.c.-a.d. 17) “Hear then the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does…
• Fighting with Dull Weaponry Nov 17, 2014 He who will fight the devil with his own weapons must not wonder if he finds him an overmatch.~Robert South (1634-1716) But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live…
• Feast on The Battlefield Oct 3, 2014 A funeral among men is a wedding feast among the angels.~Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know…
• His Pleasure in Us Sep 11, 2014 I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure. ~Eric LiddellAfter this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And…
• Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread Sep 4, 2014 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.~Alexander Pope (1688-1744)And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every…
• The Serious Business of Joy Aug 14, 2014 But in this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the…
• The Mysterious Exchange Jul 31, 2014 To let my loving Savior work in me His will, my sanctification, is what I would live for by His grace. Abiding, not striving nor struggling; looking off unto Him; trusting Him for present power;… resting…
• When History Drops onto Our Shoulders Jul 11, 2014 God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies grey and threatening; when our lives have no…
• Incorrigibly Cheerful! Jun 26, 2014 You are to be incorrigibly cheerful, for you have solid grounds upon which to rejoice!~ Major Ian Thomas Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in…
• Understanding And Living in Spiritual Authority Apr 30, 2014 The sovereignty of Christ from the cross is a new sovereignty. It has destroyed forever the formula that might is right. It has put to shame the self-assertion of false heroism. It has surrounded with imperishable…
• Epic Strength Apr 24, 2014 The grace of God is infinite and eternal. As it had no beginning, so it can have no end, and being an attribute of God, it is as boundless as infinitude.~ A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) Grace…
• Minority Strength Mar 13, 2014 My attitude is this: I will stand for revival, unity and prayer; I will labor to restore healing, reconciliation and love between God’s people. I will do what I can. Yet, if all God truly wanted…
• Resisting Spiritual Corrosion Mar 6, 2014 True spirituality is as rare as true bestiality in human beings. And those few who achieve it are those who are terribly aware of the perils of spirituality—who know, as the Romans warned us, that a…
• Unspeakable Joy Mar 3, 2014 We are like deep sea divers moving slowly and clumsily in the dim twilight of the depths, and we have our work to do. But this is not our element, and the relief of the diver…
• Utterly in The Presence Feb 19, 2014 Few delights can equal the presence of one we trust utterly~ George McDonaldI was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast towards You.Nevertheless, I am continually with You; You hold my right hand. You guide…
• A Friend: Safely Home Oct 14, 2013 Glory, hallelujah! Glory, hallelujah! I am with the Lord! Glory, ready, go!—From the scaffold~Charles J. Guiteau (1841-1882)But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve…
• The Vertical Assures The Horizontal Aug 19, 2013 Not only do we know God through Jesus Christ, we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ.~Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus…
• The Freedom of His Presence Mar 18, 2013 It is an overwhelming experience to fall into the hands of the living God, to be invaded to the depths of one’s being by his presence, to be without warning wholly uprooted from all earth-born securities…
• Total Disregard Feb 14, 2013 The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s own or real life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s…
• strength’s Strength Dec 20, 2011 Bloody nose and burning eyesRaised in laughter to the skiesI’ve been in trouble but I’m okBeen through the wringer but I’m okWalls are falling and I’m okUnder the mercy and I’m ok ~ Bruce Cockburn, Fascist…
• Unending Strength Sep 20, 2011 Happiness is a feeling. Joy is an attitude. A posture. A position. A place…I cannot choose to be strong, but I can choose to be joyful. And when I am willing to do that, strength will…

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