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There’s a lot going on these days that has captured our attention. We see it most clearly all over social media: fear of losing (fill in the blank) or (such and such) happening. It can take all of our emotional energy, suck our time, divide friends and even make us feel sick.
In John 13:1-15 you’ll find the story of Jesus washing his disciple’s feet. In those days, only servants washed the feet of visitors to the home. Consider what a dirty, filthy job this was.
Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And besides Thee, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:25-26
A few years ago I watched TV show about Alzheimer’s and I began to wonder…..what would it be like to forget?
Discovering problems in your marriage at any time is hard. Near the holidays is more so. Several years ago when I discovered my husband’s secrets of sexual addiction, it was only two months till Thanksgiving. Family would soon fill our home.
“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but […]
We’ve all probably been part of ministries or Bible study groups that, for whatever reason, became toxic. Though our inclination might be to leave, God may be calling us to embrace a glorious assignment: that of speaking life, light, and health into areas of darkness.
We returned from vacation last week. Going to see the Twins play baseball on Target Field, one of our highlights.
Sometimes delay is forced on me by outside forces. But other times it is my own tendency toward laziness or a desire to avoid the inevitable.
In story, putting off what needs to happen or avoiding the obvious raises the amount of angst in the book. It builds momentum. You really don’t want you characters to get to the solution too soon or there would be no story.
I’ve never experienced a “pay it forward” moment before that night. Plenty of people have helped me and I help others, but I’ve never had someone pick up the ticket at a restaurant and tell us our bill was already covered, then instruct us to pay it forward.
Often among the very ones who hurt us, offend us, sin against us, take what is ours, and -generally speaking- behave badly toward us are those who do not yet know Jesus. How do I respond? Is my heart in sync with the Father’s?
