Worship Before Work
I read this in A.W. Tozer’s The Purpose of Man: “God wants worshipers before He wants workers. He calls us back to that for which we were created––to worship the Lord God and enjoy Him forever. And then out of our deep worship flows our work for Him. Our work is only acceptable to God […]
Reminders of Divine Activity
Today I remembered how God allows even suffering as a means to achieve His highest goals of blessing us and bringing glory to Himself. He is always faithful to bring about good. God is good, and what He does it good. If I could truly believe this, and live as if it were true, so […]
What You Ask God to Teach You
In Psalm 25:12-13, I love this truth: Who is the man who fears the Lord? Him will he instruct in the way he should choose. His soul shall abide in well being, and his offspring shall inherit the land. I’ve been thinking about the promise that God will instruct us in the path we should […]
A July Long Ago
This afternoon, my youngest feels sick. We plan on canceling all the 4th of July events. Strangely, I browse blogs from 4th of July in the past several years, and I find that in 2011, this same daughter was sick in the same way on the same day. I wrote this: I’ll just begin by […]
A Thistle
A Moment in Deuteronomy
My Old Testament professor tells us that Deuteronomy was the book Jesus quotes most of all. He tells us how Jesus surely loved this book of the Bible; it was the weapon of warfare Jesus used to defeat Satan during the temptation in the wilderness (Matthew 4). I didn’t realize this. I checked! It’s true! […]
Seated with Christ is Amazon’s Kindle Monthly Deal for July!
I have some fun news for the month of July! Seated with Christ is the Amazon Kindle deal for July at $1.99. What a great deal! Enjoy!
What Comes From His Hand
I love reading 1 Chronicles 28-29 and the way David talks to and about the Lord, especially his words beginning in 1 Chronicles 29:14. After giving his “personal treasures” for the temple of God, he prays: “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as […]
Before the Next Thing
Today I consider the season of preparation. I often encourage others who feel like nothing’s happening, like they idle at a standstill, like they fly in a holding pattern, that something is happening. That something is preparation! When life feels slow and quiet, I like to consider all I’m reading and studying. I like to […]
Same Recipes, Different You
Today I prepared chicken pot pie to place in the oven this evening. I’m standing in the kitchen, and I’m mixing the same vegetables, chopped chicken, thyme, milk, and cream of chicken soup to put in the pie crust. I’ve made this same old recipe for 20 years. I remember how, back when my children […]