Recently, I had an MRI. As I lay inside the narrow cylinder, the machine whirred, clanked and peered deep inside my body. It didn’t care how I appeared on the outside, only on the inside. After the doctor reads the MRI, he will decide on an appropriate course of action to make me whole again. Continue reading “The Physician’s Advice”
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Relying on God
Relying on God has to start all over every day, as if nothing has yet been done.― C. S. Lewis
Praise God!
A Work of Art
Many admire the beauty of glass, its colors sparkling with the sun’s light. Stepping stones decorate gardens, the glass embedded in the stones. Stained-glass windows in churches inspire awe and reverence. Anyone who works with glass knows the process of creating these works of art. After deciding on a pattern, the craftsman scores and breaksContinue reading “A Work of Art”
Reap a Harvest
Friday Friends’ Favorite: Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Lord, give us strength. Strength for the days when we want to give up, strength for the days when we are weary, strength for the daysContinue reading “Reap a Harvest”
Mercy and Forgiveness
Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.— Tim Keller
Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord! Maker of heaven and earth, He is faithful, He is just, He is wisdom, He is love. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness, for His creation, from majestic mountains to dselicate flowers, to the oce Praise the Lord! Praise God, for He is wisdom, He is just, He is love. Praise HimContinue reading “Praise the Lord”
Our God Restores
Our God Restores “Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice.” Psalm 51:8 My heart breaks for our country. It’s broken, divided along political lines, along racial lines. Angry hearts, pointing fingers, violence and divisiveness separate us. Broken bones. Broken hearts. God of restoration, heal our land, knit togetherContinue reading “Our God Restores”
Peace
“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”― St. Francis of Assisi Lord, it’s so easy to talk about peace, to give it lip service. Teach me to harbor your peace deep within my heart, to speak it, to live it, to share it withContinue reading “Peace”
Growing Our Faith Together 