This morning… I’m reminded by another blogger… God is in the fire… Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in…… Continue reading fire…
I learned a lesson this weekend…seeking His presence…as things went awry in my little world…No hot water…septic tank issues…a checkbook that wouldn’t balance…None of these issues were resolved over the weekend…In the midst of all… I continued the spiritual discipline of seeking His presence… trying to rest in Him… trying to listen… seeking His peace…Monday…hot…… Continue reading and it came to pass…
A restless heart… aggravated by various difficulties… and challenges…None really serious… just feeling their weight…My spirit most upset with me… and the restlessness… tired of me… struggling to rest… wanting to trust… but feeling out of sorts…That’s when I grab up the Bonhoeffer devotional… Lord… speak to me… We all know that there are times in life…… Continue reading things are not always as they appear…
Too often… after an act of obedience… following through on the call… to speak… act… offer… I critique… analyze… think about way too much… what I’ve done… how I’ve done it… Too often… I go back… consider… pick it up… pick at it… mentally… emotionally… and wonder if it was right… self-consciousness taking over… after…… Continue reading lay it down…
The Thursday… before… Good Friday…a call to watch… The Passion…the night of Jesus’s arrest…the time… when darkness reigned…Then Jesus said to the chief priests,the officers of the temple guard,and the elders, who had come for him,”… this is your hour — when darkness reigns.”Luke 22:52-53An emotional experience… the watching… a spiritual discipline…Emotions… seen… journaled…Anger… the…… Continue reading thursday…
Read James 4He… the One who gives greater grace… than jealous wrath… says…God resists the proud,but gives grace to the humble.It’s just a thought… but the One full of grace… could even His resistance be a gift… a kindness…?The proud… set on a path of self-destruction… in His wisdom… and love… He opposes… throws up…… Continue reading James 4: thoughts… part 5
Thoughts of James… continue… chapter upon chapter… verses building… bringing insight… seeing it made flesh… in me……resist the devil… and he will flee from you…It’s hard to resist when he sounds like you…What about my rights?I don’t have to take that?They made that mess… let them deal with it…Well… at least my life isn’t as…… Continue reading an internal battle
