Cross-Shaped Love
When Jesus was asked what the greatest Commandment is He said this: “love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. And the second is like it; love your neighbor as you love yourself” (Mark 12:30 & 31). I see such a great illustration in the image of the cross; there is […]
The Hand-Pressed Map
I often treat my life like a GPS – linear, predictable, and identical to every other screen on the road. For a long time, I viewed my introversion and my inability to feel normal as a technical glitch. I compared my withdrawn, internal processing to the high-speed, multi-lane highways of those around me, convinced I […]
Fearfully, Wonderfully…
We can be gentle dealing with others, while brutally dealing with ourselves. There’s sweet healing in accepting how our Father fashioned each of us for His plans. There are nearly 200 skin tones, many hair colors, eye colors, face shapes, and a dizzying array of personality types. God made them all and uses them all. […]
Remembering, Forgetting, and Thinking
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is fixed on You” (Isaiah 26:3). Keeping our minds fixed on the Lord is a spiritual discipline. Perfect peace is the reward of a practice of remembering, forgetting, and thinking. We are told in Deuteronomy 8:2, “Remember all the ways the Lord your God has led […]
The Counting Game
Written in the latter part of David’s life, Psalm 103:2 finds him talking to his soul! “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not ALL His benefits.” This verse reveals that, sometimes, we Do need to speak to ourselves and secondly, that we tend to forget even important things. The last phrase is a […]