Posted in growth, hope, pain & suffering, peace, refuge in God, trust, women's ministry, tagged hope, suffering on August 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I wrote in yesterday’s entry how some things never die, how old heartaches can take us by surprise and leave us feeling things we haven’t felt, perhaps, in decades.
They can make us feel like we’re walking old paths we thought we’d left behind. The paths may, indeed, be behind us, but their ramifications are not.
Despite [...]
Posted in hope, pain & suffering, peace on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One of the things I love about summer in Pennsylvania is the influx of fireflies we experience each July.
Fireflies, for those of you deprived of these critters, are little flying glow bugs.
Or if you’re more technically minded, they’re “winged nocturnal light-producing insect[s] usually producing a bright soft intermittent light without sensible heat by oxidation of [...]
Posted in growth, inner life, pain & suffering, peace, priorities, refuge in God, trust on July 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Surrender produces growth.
I wish I could remember that.
I wish I could convince my heart, mind, and soul of the constant truth of that statement.
I wish I could just…let go.
But it’s not that easy. Especially when everything in me screams…
what about me?
what about my interests?
what about my reputation?
what about my pain?
what about my wants, hopes, and [...]
Posted in attitude, distractions, growth, inner life, pain & suffering, refuge in God, value, worth, dignity, women on June 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What lies am I tempted to believe?
What falsehoods or half-truths do I tend to live my life by?
One of our pastors asked that first question in his sermon this morning. I’ve been asking the second in many of my talks and teachings over the past few years.
They’re great questions. Probing questions. Revealing questions.
They [...]
