"Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness."Luke 11:34 (New International Version)I have a recurring dream that frightens me each time I find myself in it. I probably have this dream once or twice every six months. In the dream, I cannot see very well. Instead, my world in the dream … [Read more...] about The Eyes Have It
obedience
The Safety of Fear and Trembling
"Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly … [Read more...] about The Safety of Fear and Trembling
When The Only Way Is Through It
"But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it." Ephesians 4:7 (NIV)It was August 27, 2000 around 2:00 a.m. I woke with a start, realizing that my water had just broken. With this being my third child, I knew that the contractions that were non-existent at that minute were soon to become a force to be reckoned with. I reached across the covers and shook my husband awake. I … [Read more...] about When The Only Way Is Through It
When I Can’t Find Him
"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
All That I Could
"Then those who feared the Lord talked often one to another; and the Lord listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who reverenced and worshipfully feared the Lord and who thought on His name."Malachi 3:16 (Amplified Bible) It is that time again--Homecoming weekend--for so many colleges. A time to see old friends and relive days gone by from the perspective … [Read more...] about All That I Could
Making Jesus Famous
"In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?' tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever." Joshua 4:6-7Last year I decided to study the book of Revelation with my children. Now I am just … [Read more...] about Making Jesus Famous
