The following story is not meant to be a simile, metaphor, analogy, parable, or revelation from on high. It’s simply an observation I made yesterday morning at 7 a.m., sitting on a couch about a pillow’s throw from our lower-level gas fireplace. The pilot light is always on in the fireplace, a small blue flame […]
What if I were to walk behind Jesus on the King’s Highway the remainder of my days? What highway is that, you might ask? It’s the highway leading to heaven, with the world in the ditches as I walk by, and me an observer. Jesus is ever before me, beckoning me to follow Him wherever […]
When I look outside-in, it’s all about me. How does the world affect me? How does what happens with this event, situation, or happening affect me? If this person acts in this or that way, is it good or bad for me? Does anyone’s death diminish me? When I look inside-out, it’s all about […]
To Jesus: I am in the darkness And You are the light, The only light In this dark world. “Whom have I in heaven But You. And earth has nothing I desire But You.” The world is falling apart, But You stand firm.I will put my trust in You today Amidst the chaos of this […]
OH LORD, too often I think of everything else before I think of You. And my mind dwells on everyone else before it dwells on You. It is time for me put You first every minute of this day and the days ahead. You are not an afterthought. You are not the remains of the […]
PUT ME in touch with Spiritual Reality today, Heavenly Father and my Lord Jesus Christ. Do not let me think of You in the abstract – words, thoughts, knowledge beliefs. These are all dry, all unsustainable, all leading to coldness of heart. Let me see You today as alive within me, working through me, and […]
Faith increases with experience and decreases through forgetfulness. That’s why the Israelites picked up 12 stones from the middle of the Jordan River when they passed through and piled them up on the other side as a remembrance of God’s intervention in their lives. God intervened in the lives of His chosen people with ten […]
I am under the authority of Jesus Christ. When He says, “Do this,” I do it. When He says, “Don’t do that,” I don’t do it. When He says, “love Me,” I ask how much, and He says, “More than these.”
Who is a God listener but one who clears his mind of the things of this world? Who is a God seeker but one who sees God’s hands in all things, both great and small? Who is a people watcher but one who pays more attention to the needs of others than to his own […]
What if I were a God listener instead of a thinker of my own thoughts? What if I were a God seeker instead of focusing on my own pursuits? What if I watched for the needs of others instead of my own needs?