Category Archives: An Encouraging Word

A Deeper Look

‘A Deeper Look Do you remember how the Pharisees tested Jesus by asking Him which was the greatest commandment in the law? You know, the one where He passed the test with this basic reply: Love God and love your neighbor. As I’ve been meditating on these verses, I realize Jesus spent much of HisContinue reading “A Deeper Look”

Our Father

“He remembers our frame and knows that we are dust. He may sometimes chasten us, it is true, but even this He does with a smile, the proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over an imperfect but promising son who is coming every day to look more and more likeContinue reading “Our Father”

Justice

Oh, Lord, you know that sometimes I want to mete out justice. “This person deserves this punishment, and those people deserve that,” I think in my arrogance. The words of Your Son, my Savior, humble me. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Mt. 7:1. In Your time and Your way, Lord, “LetContinue reading “Justice”

In the Hands of God

“Patience is more than endurance. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, and He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says–‘I cannot stand anymore.’ God does not heed, HeContinue reading “In the Hands of God”

First Kiss

Frost has kissed the forest.  Leaves and grasses have succumbed to its deadly touch. Yellow and brown leaves flutter from the trees. The stream is littered with autumn’s golden snowfall. As I wander off the soft, sandy trail, my feet crunch noisily through the leafy debris.  Looking up, I see trees lifting dark, barren branchesContinue reading “First Kiss”

I Worship You

“The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.” — Francis Chan God, you are love and wisdom, creator and justice, all-knowing and all-powerful. I will never understand the depths of yourContinue reading “I Worship You”