Have I looked to You for help?Have I told You my troubles?Have I sought after wisdom?Have I asked You for guidance?Have I leaned on Your strength?Have I hidden in Your shelter?Have I run to Your tower?Have I worshipped at Your throne?Have I hungered after righteousness?Have I thirsted for living waters?Have I walked in the right paths?Have I followed the Good Shepherd?Have I set...
On my four-day sojourn to the sunny South, I was absolutely enthralled by the blue skies and gorgeous clouds. Though equally enthusiastic about a snapping turtle sunning himself by the pond—or at least, you would think if you heard my brother and sister talk. For the record, I really DID take a picture of a snapping turtle. And I thought it was cool!...
"He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for...
Whooooosh…That is the sound of my week.. my weekend.. my life.. rushing past me like a violent river or a tornado’s wind! I won’t attempt to review my entire week of joblessness. Best description would be "busy." Let's just talk about the weekend of fun!A walk about town on Friday evening. No stars, but I still look at the sky.This was the view...
Last week I read a church sign that said, “TGI Monday. Learn to love your job.” Ironic. Especially since I had just been informed of the economy’s impact on my own job. I am currently on “temporary layoff.” Translation: An undetermined amount of unpaid time off, in which I will learn to be ever-so-much-more thankful for my job and dream about accounting questions...
Sometimes the darkness is overwhelming... And the journey seems endless... But new life is budding on the horizon... Lift your eyes to the coming hope-Christ!(They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Four pictures should be worth about four thousand words! WOW! What a blog entry. :) I figured that these recents photos would accurately tell the story of my week.)...
Nearly 48 hours spent in the company of teenagers and youth leaders. In the mountains. No cell service. No television. No indoor plumbing. Welcome to the youth retreat—Pennsylvania (rustic) style!Our time together looked something like this… sleep, eat food, read the Bible, play UNO, worship, pray, eat food, hear the Word preached, take a nap, read a book, play something outside, look at...
"A friend is a person with whom I can be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud."Ralph Waldo EmersonThis is a poem I wrote several years ago. I found it in an old journal and smiled at the relevancy to my recent post on peer pressure. There is much power in honest, Christ-centered friendship. And therefore, there is much value in friendship. I...
Poor peer pressure gets such a bad reputation. Peer pressure is blamed for everything from drug use to murders to the crazy behavior of the 1960s. And yet, it’s not all bad!! I have become a defender of peer pressure. And I submit the revolutionary concept that peer pressure, in and of itself, is not evil! Peer pressure is a device easily used...
