My life, even as a Christian, is marked with the memory of my sins. You may be asking “Which ones.” The same ones YOU have committed. This reality keeps me humble. I have NOTHING good to offer God but Christ alone. I stand only in this promise. “In whom we have redemption through his blood, […]
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This means we are patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others. When someone is offensive, do you “suffer long” or do you quickly react? In other words, love backs away and allows God time to work in a person’s life without injecting our own will. Love does not give up or lose heart […]
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My take on control, fear, paranoia, and self-righteousness. There they stand. Clutching the cold steel bars of their cell. Gazing at you with condemning eyes of judgment. Wagging their head with disapproval as you walk joyfully in the freedom of Christ. They cry out, “Come and separate yourself with us as we study the things […]
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I also know that there is only one place where that angry, reactive, overwhelmed self can be transformed – the same place that Mary chose – the feet of Jesus…When I get into His presence, the whole world looks different. When I draw close to His heart, I find mercy when I know I deserve […]
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Wanted to get some things off my chest and share my heart. We live in a perverted America. Wicked, vile, and evil. We would be shocked if we really knew. As in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. God has been, and is, merciful to this country. He continues to give us what we do […]
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