Being filled with the peace of God when life is stressful sounds like a cliche and a platitude and an impossible, fanciful thing — and it is, unless we look to God Himself for it.
Tag: The Beauty of Scripture
He Satisfies the Longing Soul (Favorite Scriptures: Psalm 107)
I have a lot of favorite Scripture passages, but Psalm 107 is up there toward the top of my list. It’s rather long, but the picture of God’s enduring love, grace, and help toward us, no matter what, makes it all worth reading.
This Mess Isn’t New
Click above to listen. What we’re going through now? This deep sorrow over oppression and grieving over evil, this weight of darkness that seeps even into those who should be windows to light, this distortion and twisting of good into evil and evil into good? It’s not new. This may seem a strange thing to… Continue reading This Mess Isn’t New
More Than This Mess
Things seem an awful mess right now, everywhere and for everyone. I have some experience with mess, so I thought I'd share. I like things neat and tidy. My brain works better when there’s a place for everything and everything’s in its place. And I used to be able to keep things that way -- well, except for the junk drawer(s) and the mail pile. But technically those particular things weren’t meant to be neat and tidy, right? So they didn’t bother me. But then...life happened. Lots of good, some difficult...just, you know, life. And things got messy.
When We Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
Click above to listen. Note: I hope I was clear in my post, but given the current climate, I want to avoid any misunderstanding or ambiguity. I am not advocating for standpoint epistemology, which says that truth depends on perspective and may change from person to person or situation to situation. Truth is based on… Continue reading When We Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
More Than This Mess 