Manna for Today
(Click here to download this poem as a PDF file) Stretching my tingly feet side to sideCrusty eyes open at the breath of dawnI moan and groan, forcing faith’s whisper:I’ll rejoice, Lord, after I yawn Rejoicing comes easy when the…
3 “Why’s” to Ask of “Little Faith”
The Good Shepherd’s love is great! Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. – John 15:13 ESV With such love comes heartfelt questions for his flock—questions that address our feeble nature…
Established in Righteousness
To be established in righteousness is to be far from oppression! How? By the perfect love of Christ that casts out fear! (1 John 4:18) To be established in righteousness is to be far from terror! How?Because of the declaration…
Nevertheless: The Call to Wake Up, Wise Up, and Rise Up
Our world is in uproar. Fear rages on. Misrepresentations of good, acceptable living abound. It’s easier to conform to the standard-setters around us than to the Bible.
The Cry of Psalm 16: Keep Me Safe, Oh God
Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is…
Turning Our Eyes
Look away! The world is breaking, crying out for relief from the pain. Our motivation is to watch and break along with it. But we are in the world not of it. Look away! Turn your eyes! Our help comes…
She Laughs (Come What May)
The ability to laugh without fear of the future is a beautiful representation of a heart that's settled in God's goodness and faithfulness.
Living Hope, Glorious Joy
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This…