Proverbs 26:20
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Observing Created Things
Sitting at my desk this morning, I noticed this beautiful, though damaged, spider web on my balcony. Two things almost imperceptibly sprang to my mind: First, a spider had spun this web and, second, it was damaged. It then occurred to me that it would have taken so much more effort to convince myself that…
A Manifesto of Grief
On Sunday, I shared an excerpt im my sermon from the post Tim Challies wrote the day after his 21 year-old son, Nick, suddenly died. Today, I want you to read the “manifesto” he wrote as a resolution to how he would deal with it that he recently shared. I know you will be challenged…
Powerful Paragraph from “When Sinners Say, ‘I Do'”:
“…True biblical wisdom will often have a courageous edge to it, as we walk in faith, seeking to please God in all things. It might seem that life will be easier if we take the timid path of avoiding certain uncomfortable truths or winking at selected sins, but we always reap what we sow (Galatians…
Trials are a Gift. No, really.
Trials are a part of God’s comprehensive protection we read about in Psalm 91 and lead to godly maturity written about in James 1.
Profound statement on the gospel
The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. ~ Tim Keller
Our only righteousness
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:21
The Girl of My Dreams: 27 Years Later
Almost from the beginning, I knew she was the girl of my dreams. Smart, funny, direct, Jesus-loving, fun-loving, pretty, and honest are just some of the characteristics that drew me to her. From our first conversation comparing travel notes standing just outside the pavilion at the Alto Frio camp to our first game of volleyball…
Alone in an Airport
I don’t often travel alone. Actually, when I fly, I’m usually alone but I don’t fly as often as I used to. For the past decade or so, most of my travel has been in a car with my wife and two bickering kids. Great memories. No, they really are. They weren’t always in the…
Meditation for Today: Grace
I have found that the idea of grace is a wonderful concept to think about but a whole ‘nother thing to live! In my own life, I find that I don’t like to give myself grace. Let me rephrase that: I want to give myself grace—I just usually don’t. I am often my own…
65 Years and Counting…Only By the Grace of God
65 years ago today, a very young couple stood hand-in-hand to declare their undying love and devotion to each other, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, until death parts them. By God’s grace they have fulfilled the former and not yet had to experience the latter. Had you asked me several months…