"For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human … [Read more...] about Blemishes
Living With Unmet Desires
Easily Offended?
Colossians 3:7-10 (New International Version)7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image … [Read more...] about Easily Offended?
Scorn’s Harvest
"Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life."Galatians 6:7-8 (The Message)I … [Read more...] about Scorn’s Harvest
Lay Down (the Burdens of Your Heart)
"Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Matthew 11:29-30 (NLT)The chorus of a well-loved song of mine written by Amy Grant has come back to me continually this week. I have started singing the words several times without a conscious thought until I … [Read more...] about Lay Down (the Burdens of Your Heart)
Slap It On and Call It Cool!
"What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition.Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in." I Peter 3:3-4 (The Message) (Trying to look my coolest in seventh grade, 1980)One of my dearest friends at Ubangi Academy my seventh grade year was Cindy Matheson. This is the … [Read more...] about Slap It On and Call It Cool!
Truly Satisfied
"Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days." Psalm 90:14"Mama, if you get me Annie, I won't ask for anything else for my birthday this year," my youngest, almost-eight-year-old daughter informed me the other day."Honey, we already have a puppy; I don't think we need another dog to take care of." [I don't need another dog to take care … [Read more...] about Truly Satisfied
