In processing suffering my opinion is of little importance. Only through the eyes of Jesus through scripture, instead of through the broken lease of suffering, can I land on the truth that we live in an unfaithful world. Jesus’ life demonstrated betrayal even when He healed and never sinned against anyone. If suffering is intended…
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No One’s “Got This”
My initial comments on suffering are – no thank you. Sometimes I think God built me tough for a reason and other times I’m all over the place. I’m afraid of the dentist chair, fire, heights, disapproval and rejection, fast-moving rivers (when I’m on them), guns (until this week when I had some fun learning…
No Regrets
This is one of my favorite titles because it is a declaration of how I would like to be living. Regret-free is a zone that few of us occupy. You can learn so many valuable lessons from your parents but a few of the others can be absorbed. My Mother had many regrets and expressed…
Seeing Clearly
A recent devotion by Philip De Courcy referenced a quote by Thomas Carlyle which directed me to many quotes by Carlyle. I’ll never conquer the many books I should’ve read but I hope I am reading the best ones now on this side of Glory. The quote is as follows, “Our main business is not…
Keeping Score
This is a tough one. How does God remove sin and offense as far as the east is to the west? How does He forget and remember our sin no more? We keep score – some more than others. The bitter who eventually take their own revenge exceed the original offense. No, they do not…
Resources
God owns it all. Do not doubt it. I belong to a church that has some accomplished members. Their accomplishments are recognized by the world and they are compensated. Yippee for the good guys that can accumulate wealth and use it for Kingdom things. They support missionaries carrying the gospel to places far away and…
Outside the Gate
Jesus died outside the gate. The High Priest carried the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies were burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through His blood. Jews associate holiness and purity with places. God’s…
Imperceptible Halos
Looking at medieval art, of religious devotion, you see many random halos on various characters from the accounts of Jesus’ life. Because we can’t recognize who is who, the artist is assigning diety. Mary usually has a halo but she is never mentioned as part of the church past the gospels. She is not mentioned…
From the Land of the Living
It’s been a week. I lost a friend. I am dealing with an injury. Sleep is elusive and I actually took a catch-up nap that was wonderful. I am still in the land of the living but all of this makes me quiet. I don’t want to write but I have heard some wonderful stuff…
Hamas Ethics
Some denied the murders of Jews by the Nazis but the October 7th attacks by Hamas is proven. We have ‘eyes’ on the world with camera/cell products in most hands and the internet, waiting to publish anything. To attempt justification on lives stolen is a sin on top of the atrocities. But, I don’t want…