Luke 1:37 (ESV) “For nothing will be impossible with God.” The third relapse of our son’s cancer showed its character. It was ruthless and aggressive. Spreading throughout his body, the image lit up like a Christmas tree. The battle had turned into a war. According to medical science, it was a losing battle at that. If…
Find Purpose
Psalm 138:8 (ESV) The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. It is the eve of my twentieth wedding anniversary. I cannot believe it has been that long. It sure doesn’t feel like it. Looking at him, when did his hair become peppered with strands…
Unveiled
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (AMP) Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom]. And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from…
Unfolding Glory
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (AMP) For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]! So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the…
Not-So-Original Thought
Romans 11:34-36 (AMP) Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor? Or who has first given to Him that it would be paid back to him? For from Him…
Now Faith
Psalm 130:5-6 (AMP) I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits, and in His word do I hope. My soul waits for the Lord; more than the watchmen for the morning; more than the watchmen for the morning. What are you waiting for? Simply exhibiting patience to be still is evidence that what you…
Different
I Peter 2:9 (KJV) But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light… I feel different. I do not feel normal. I cannot accept random routine existence anymore. I…
Living Water
Proverbs 21:1-2 (AMP) The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it whichever way He wishes. Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs and examines the hearts [of people and their motives]. Living in the county, hot summer days send people to the river to soak…
I Am Clay
Ephesians 2:8-10 (AMP) For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; not as…
Vindicate Me
Psalm 43:1-2 (ESV) Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me! For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? If there is such a designation of word weirdo,…
