Tag: Jesus
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What is waiting?
Wait on the Lord. Something that appears over, and over, and over in the Bible. Wait on Him. Is that the same thing as patience? I say a little bit yes, but mostly no. Patience doesn’t mean to wait. The dictionary definition defines patiences this way: the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering…
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Spiritual Triage
Our churches meet once a week on Sunday. Perhaps they have small groups throughout the week, maybe an event here and there. What are we doing? Who’s idea was it for churches to have one big meeting? One day a week? Large churches have Saturday services, sometimes they hold three or four during the week.…
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How it all looks to me.
I’ve been trying to get a better picture of who God is, and how He interacts within the Trinity. It’s a concept that is difficult to fathom, and even more difficult to explain. Today, I found a new way of thinking about it while I was praying. Imagine God in the only way we can,…
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Three of three
I grew up thinking that the Holy Spirit was our great enabler. The part of the trinity that was most mysterious to me. I thought of the Spirit as a tool used by God or Jesus to help me reach others. And that’s it. The Spirit is so much more. Think of it this way.…
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The Great When.
I’m sitting on the couch. I’ve become very close friends with it over the past few months. I feel a little like it is a part of me, and if I don’t sit on it at least once a day, my day isn’t complete. Because of how things are…just life, ya know? This room is…
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God’s Promises
I feel so beaten down, but not beaten. Battered, but not broken. I’ve taken hits from all sides, our family has been barraged with every kind of disaster, but God still wins, and we are still faithful. We know the value of faithfulness. It’s just so hard sometimes. But why? God is our source for…
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It’s like Simon says, only so much better…
Something so super simple and yet so profound has been hitting me for a little while now. Stick with me here….because it seems so obvious at first, but it is seriously so awesome. Jesus lived a pure and blameless life. He did a lot of astounding things, and a lot of regular things too. He…
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Goodness
Sometimes I lose sight of how good God is. It’s almost cliché…God is good. Well, yeah. I definitely believe that. But then there are those times when I’m down, when things are rough, and it’s hard to see Him. In those times, do I really believe that God is good? I say I do, but…
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Dragon Scales & Baby Steps
I am sitting here, in my basement bedroom, surrounded by cold walls and cold air that is seeping in through the windows. My light is off, I’m all geared up to write today. I even have my bathrobe on, for added warmth. But I look out the window, and I’m filled with a familiar restlessness.…