“Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person” (Colossians 4:5-6 ESV). As Christians it is not uncommon that we find ourselves spending our time with other Christians. This is one... Continue Reading →
Burden Bearer
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah” (Psalms 68:19 NASB). I'm a worrier.I don't pace the floor or bite my nails, but I'm a worrier nonetheless. I internalize my worry in the same manner that I internalize anger or depression. I've been an introvert all my... Continue Reading →
If I Rebuild
“...yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. But... Continue Reading →
Crucified With Christ
“For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved... Continue Reading →
Knowing the Fear of the Lord
“Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others.... For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died... Continue Reading →
I Have a Dream!
“Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. He said to them, "Hear this dream that I have dreamed: Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down... Continue Reading →
Children of Light
“So Jesus said to them, 'The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light'”... Continue Reading →
For Whom We Exist
“...yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist” (1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV). I think that far too often we think of ourselves as the center of the universe. "What... Continue Reading →
Earnestly
“Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God” (1 Peter 1:22-23 ESV). I've written before about our responsibility as... Continue Reading →
Prayers
I was up all night last night with bleeding complications from my surgery. I'll be back at the doctor shortly. I covet your prayers!
Skipping Stones 