The Psalms invite us to ask God the questions that matter most.
February 12
I love the click sound of two magnets coming together. I’m sure I learned in my school years about the magnetic pull that brings them together but I have forgotten. Sciency I am not, but I love that “click.” There have been some clicks in my brain this week while reading Psalms, Psalm 14 in particular. Something in […]
Trusting The Lord
Doing life well begins and ends with me trusting the Lord’s judgment over my own. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3.5
February 5
It was a bulb, a big bulb, a big dirty bulb. It looked like a huge onion half-buried in the flowerpot. And there it sat. Doing nothing. Nothing I could see anyway. I dribbled a little water into it occasionally and set it near the only window of my house that gets (sort-of) direct sunshine. Though tempted, I did not disturb […]
Praying For Your Enemies
January 29
and an invitation to cake and flowers I had so many questions, when I was first reading the Bible. It was just a few months before Easter 1992 and I had just begun to attend church and learn about this Christian faith. I had been encouraged to read the Book of John in the New Testament. Before I […]
Salvation belongs to the Lord
Like a memorable lyric in a song, or an unforgettable line in a movie, themes in the Psalms and Proverbs are meant to be heard and repeated, until they are ingrained in our hearts and minds.
January 22
Save me! Help me! I’m drowning here! I need help! Have you uttered those words aloud? Recently? I might not say it out loud, but I think it. Over small things. Too much stuff. Too heavy of a box. Too crowded of a parking lot. Too steep of a climb. Too early of an awakening. Too much unkindness in the world. Sometimes over too many choices. But never over […]