Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Self-Awareness, Rule #1
The common variable in every situation is me.
On Idolatry
…. if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua...
Debunked
The god that atheists debunk is not the God that Christians worship. From the #imjustsaying series
In The Eyes Of All Thoughtful Men
The First Amendment, and with it liberty, is under open, active, and aggressive attack by Totalitarian Leftists. This is evil. How so? Evil can be defined as "that which is offensive, perverted, or harmful, including natural evil such as physical disasters, and...
Come, Let Us Go Up To The House Of The Lord
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths. Isaiah 2:3 ESV Come with a teachable heart to the Lord this Sabbath. Be renewed.
Obedience
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NRSV If your heart's cry is to be more fruitful for God, then you must become more consistently dependent upon him (read:...
Love, A Definition
Love is giving another person what they need the most, when they deserve it the least, when we don't feel like it at all, and at great personal cost.
The Season Of Lent
We are in the season of Lent, a time of reflection and preparation leading up to Easter, Jesus on the cross, and the rolled back stone. Lent is a time for discipline, for confession, for honesty. Not because God is mean or fault-finding or finger-pointing, but because...
St. Patrick’s Day Bonus Post
March 17th is the day that the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick, is honored. A native of Britain, he was captured in the late fourth century A.D. by Irish pirates at the age of sixteen and enslaved for six years in Ireland. During that time he committed himself...
Called
You are called not to be successful or to meet any of the other counterfeit standards of this world, but to be faithful and to be expended in the cause of serving the risen and returning Christ. Charles Colson From the #imjustsaying...
Thy Will Be Done
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!" Moses, circa 1400 BC, Deutronomy 30:19...
The Winds Blow
Humans are frail creatures, depending on much beyond our control. Those who do not recognize this have never seen their father watch the year's crop be destroyed by hail, been in the forecast track of a typhoon, or waited as the ultrasound searches for a heartbeat...
A Parable On Rest
Once upon a time there were two lumberjacks who competed to see who could cut down the most trees. The first lumberjack, an older man, was known to be the most skilled and productive woodcutter in the area. The second lumberjack was younger, but...
On Thankfulness
The famous preacher Charles Spurgeon was once robbed on the streets of London. Afterward his wife asked him why he was so thankful. He said he wasn’t thankful that he had been robbed, but he was thankful the robber took only his money and not his life, that the robber...
You are God. You are God. Of All Else I’m Letting Go
Have mercy on me, O God,because of your unfailing love.Because of your great compassion,blot out the stain of my sins.Wash me clean from my guilt.Purify me from my sin.For I recognize my rebellion;it haunts me day and night.Against you, and you alone, have I sinned;I...
And, Taking A Towel
So He got up from supper, laid aside His outer clothing, took a towel, and tied it around Himself. Next, He poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around Him. John 13:4-5 CSB In what practical ways could you...
Fear Not
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. Corrie ten Boom (1892 - 1983) Corrie ten Boom knew something about both fear and uncertainty. She was a Dutch watchmaker and writer whose family helped many Jews escape from the Nazis, and who was incarcerated...
Lest There Be Any Confusion
Editor's Note: This @whatnow2do blog is "a memo to self." Each post resonates into my sinful life. Into my walk on the journey of spiritual formation. As such, original revelation and content provide the greatest joy and growth. Having said that, sometimes a word...
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