In my quiet times in the mornings, I have been enamored with the book of Romans, rereading it over and over. One of the verses that sticks in my mind each time I read it: “The righteous will live by faith.” And these questions along with it: What does it mean to be righteous? What does it mean to live in faith?
Horatio Spafford was a successful attorney and real estate investor who lost a fortune in the great Chicago fire of 1871. Around the same time, his beloved four-year-old son died of scarlet fever.
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder…” (of somebody else???) In one of his books, Heri Nouwen emphasizes that when someone is apart from a person they care about, the absence does not cause them to dwell upon the little irritations that are sure to be part of the relationship, but rather causes them to think of all the qualities they cherish about the other. In this way, the time of absence has the potential to enrich the time of presence. When they are together again, they see each other with greater appreciation.
Mark 1:3: "Hear the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his path straight.’" Advent is a time of waiting. Teachers and scholars wait for break up day. Employees wait for possible bonuses.
This Advent, Lord, come to the manger of my heart. Fill me with Your presence from the very start.
It appears that there is a stigma to the reality of ageing, yet ageing is just another word for living.
I was reading from one of the Gospels recently and while reading one of the sermons of Christ, a question popped into my mind, “What was the extent of Christ's’ ministry during His life?”.
You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.
In his book Smarter, Better, Faster, Charles Duhigg writes about the ingredients for a successful life. One of the chapters that stuck out to me was the concept of stretch goals.
Spirituality writer, James Finley, urges that we establish a daily rendezvous with God, in order to train ourselves to become increasingly sensitive to the wondrous reality of “the upwelling of God's infinite love being poured out unexplainably and being completely given to us as God's beloved”.