“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with His glory!’ Their voices shook the Temple to its foundation and the entire building was filled with smoke. Then I said, ‘It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live […]
Archives for January 2018
Spirit of Truth Speaks – Are You Listening?
Dear Treasured Believer, Do you not know? That question lingers in the air and sets my heart seeking the truth. I need to go to the One who knows all. I wake up early on a chilly morning and run to the Secret Place, settle down to pray: “Heavenly Father, help me. I don’t know […]
When You Are Still In The Storm
I heard someone say recently that the safest place to be in a hurricane is in the eye. The eye moves with the storm but is strangely calm because the winds that converge towards the center never reach it. The Coriolis force diverts the wind away from the center, causing the eyewall, leaving the center […]
Look Backward to Look Forward
As my dad threw me the car keys he said, “Take this deposit to the bank as quickly as you can. It closes soon.” I was home from college and hurried out to our narrow driveway, choosing my mom’s station wagon as it was last in the line of family vehicles. The carline starting on […]
Start Fresh This Year: How to Enter God’s Rest
Enter God’s rest. Those words seem simple as we think about three other words. “It is finished.” The spiritual significance of both three-word phrases takes on new meaning for Christian writers on January 1st. You and I jump on our giddy-up, it’s time to make changes platform when we recall last year’s failures and successes. […]