Cheap grace… when I read this I was shaken to my core. It was of those phrases your have to read again and again. I recently started a thought provoking book by Kevin DeYoung entitled, The Hole in our Holiness. Only completing two chapters, my margins are filled with notes and sentence after sentence is…
Recently a sweet friend of mine posted the following on FaceBook: Prayer is where burdens change shoulders. What a freeing statement! The changing of shoulders means I can walk upright. The changing of shoulders means I can have confidence in God’s strength to carrying my burden. The changing of shoulders provides immediate release from my…
“Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” Psalm 34:8 I love this verse! Always have. We can see the Lord is good and will be blessed when we take refuge in Him. Seriously, who would not love this verse? The Hebrew word for good is towb (tobe). This…
Day 60 “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24 I love putting on…
Day 59 When there is no white space, there is the potential for unglued moments. Emotional white space. Do I have any? How do I get me some? I have been operating on emotional overdraft for a while now. This is not a good place from which to maneuver through life. Indeed there is much…
Day 58 Inhaling and exhaling a rhythm set by God. How beautifully said. What keeps us from enjoying rhythm set by God? Busy feet. Busy mouths. Honoring self rather than God. Yes, that pretty much sums up the poetic words of the prophetic Isaiah. We can go trace God’s rhythm all the way back to…