Abba! Father!

May 16, 2010.Reading time 4 minutes.

After that summer night, in the following weeks, to my delight and astonishment, I realized that I had entered into a new and real relationship with God. He was there! I knew Him!

“Let Light Ride In”

May 15, 2010.Reading time 5 minutes.

“In the whole Bible there is hardly another chapter which can equal this triumphant text.” Martin Luther

Glimpses

May 14, 2010.Reading time 3 minutes.

There were people I met who I knew had been through the door and lived on the other side of the wall.

Locked Out

May 13, 2010.Reading time 2 minutes.

If Isaiah helped me find the door, I think Mark showed me the keyhole and the lock.

A Mourning Dove

May 12, 2010.Reading time 3 minutes.

I grew up going to church Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday night. I thought I was a Christian, but as I became older I found myself longing to know God better. There was something missing despite all of my religious activity and sincerity. I wasn’t sure what it was—it was kind of an elusive feeling—but I knew whatever it took to be close to God, I just didn’t have it.

Words For The Wind

May 11, 2010.Reading time 3 minutes.

Job 3 contains Job’s absolutely gut-wrenching lament. Losses and suffering have piled upon him until his heart splits and sorrow and anguish flow out from him in words of despair.

Everyday Peace

May 10, 2010.Reading time 2 minutes.

Today I’ve been doing laundry. Everyday work reminds me of the role of simple, ordinary, everyday things in helping me remember that I live as the creature before the Creator (to use Francis Schaeffer’s phrase!). He is the One who created, and the One who orders my days. I do the laundry, and He upholds the universe.