"Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice." Psalm 51:8 (NIV)This week has been really hard in a vicarious sort of way. I have a blog friend whose husband was diagnosed with brain cancer during the first six months of their marriage. That was eleven years ago. This week has been very difficult for them as he has lost more of his ability to get around without … [Read more...] about When I Can’t Find Him
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Doors
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open." Revelation 3:7 (NIV)I was standing out in the upstairs' hallway shouting through the bathroom door."Honey, you have to turn the knob to unlock the door."I couldn't tell if I had gotten my child's … [Read more...] about Doors
Faith Through the Fog
"We live by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)I drive my son to school every morning. Yesterday morning, as we started down the descent of one of the road's largest hills, the valley was covered in fog. The sky was an iron gray color with thick clouds blocking the sun. It was the picture of gloom to me. I turned on my van's headlights as we descended into the misty vapors covering the … [Read more...] about Faith Through the Fog
Press On
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body." 2 Corinthians 4:7-10 (New … [Read more...] about Press On
Longing’s Disappointment
"All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to … [Read more...] about Longing’s Disappointment
