"You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure."James 4:2-3 (NLT)I heard a story this … [Read more...] about The Blessing of Unanswered Prayers
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For My Sake
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV)I was ten years old. … [Read more...] about For My Sake
What You Must Know When You Feel Like a Failure
What a loser! I mumbled under my breath. I had a sudden impulse to check my online dictionary for the meaning of failure. I had to laugh out loud to keep from crying when I read the definition staring back at me: Failure: lack of success, the omission of expected or required action, the action or state of not functioning. Synonyms: loser, underachiever, ne'er-do-well, disappointment. Oxford … [Read more...] about What You Must Know When You Feel Like a Failure
The Best Investment I Could Make
"As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent … [Read more...] about The Best Investment I Could Make
In Memory of Lukey
I wrote this the day we buried Luke in Nashville last August. Today would have been my precious nephew's first birthday. "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21:4 Dearest Luke,We will sit under a tent today and say our final good-bye to you. Your daddy and mommy have decided … [Read more...] about In Memory of Lukey
All That Concerns Me
"The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands." Psalm 138:8 (NKJV)Overheard In An OrchardSaid the robin to the sparrow,"I would really like to knowWhy those anxious human beingsrush around and worry so."Said the sparrow to the robin,"Friend, I think that it must beThat they have no Heavenly Fathersuch as … [Read more...] about All That Concerns Me
