All is Vanity: Ecclesiastes 12
Chapter eleven ended with a challenging charge, remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity (11:10). Both youth and the dawn of life are vanity. A mere…
Floating on a Sea of Sorrows
Floating on a sea of sorrowsWaves toss my broken heartLike a mute rag doll, still afloat The tears fallAs though the rain itself, cascadingFrom the wounds within my mess I hear the trumpet cry of victory in the distance I…
The Peculiar Sword
The sky is a blanket of cotton candy cloudsSparkling with specks of sunshineAs I break forth The shale path crunches beneath my feetRude red rocks pilfering the melody of mountain chickadeesI continue ahead My hands tense and twitch, the torment…
Faith By Hearing
Our testimony is important, but to hear the Word is the foundation of faith! That’s why Romans 10:17 says, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” (ESV) The excitement of the Samaritan woman who met…
Practical Tips for Taking Thoughts Captive: A Reflection on 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every…
The Wisdom of the Heart
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” – Proverbs 4:23 NIV I see a knight of the round table, adorned with chain and iron, helmeted, and sword in hand. He’s stationed at the entrance…
