So, I was reading on Matt’s new blog this morning (http://mattstacie.blogspot.com/) and was very convicted. His life operates from a very different perspective. Rick’s thougths sum up what I was thinking:
“What comes out of his writings for me is a big Christ. He talks very little about himself (and when he does he [...]
Archive for January, 2008
31 Jan
A Different Perspective
31 Jan
God’s Faithfulness and Pain
So, over the past few days, I’ve been in a significant amount of pain. I’m not writing that here to get attention (though I know of only about 3 people anyways that read this blog) and I’m trying not to draw attention to myself about it (though that’s hard because when I’m limping people want [...]
31 Jan
God’s Faithfulness and Pain
So, over the past few days, I’ve been in a significant amount of pain. I’m not writing that here to get attention (though I know of only about 3 people anyways that read this blog) and I’m trying not to draw attention to myself about it (though that’s hard because when I’m limping people want [...]
30 Jan
Love
Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,Guiltie of dust and sinne.But quick-ey’d Love, observing me grow slackFrom my first entrance in,Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,If I lack’d any thing.
A guest, I answer’d, worthy to be here:Love said, You shall be he.I the unkinde, ungratefull? Ah my deare,I cannot look on thee.Love took [...]
30 Jan
Titus 3:4-7
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that [...]
30 Jan
“When the world my heart is rendingWith its heaviest storm of care,My glad thoughts to heaven ascending,Find a refuge from despair.Faith’s bright vision shall sustain meTill life’s pilgrimage is past;Fears may vex and troubles pain me,I shall reach my home at last.”
30 Jan
Life is not Random
Often I feel life is random – that events happen haphazardly with no justification or purpose. It can often feel life God is distant or not interested or not present or angry or…
But the dichotomy here is that I believe that the Bible to be true. I believe that the Bible contains the very much [...]
28 Jan
Perfect in Christ Jesus
“Perfect in Christ Jesus.”—Colossians 1:28.O you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you? Does not every day teach you that? Every tear which trickles from your eye, weeps “imperfection”; every harsh word which proceeds from your lip, mutters “imperfection.” You have too frequently had a view of your own heart [...]
23 Jan
Painful yet Joyous Fellowship
I was once again today reminded of these following fellowship questions from Rick’s blog. (see list of questions below) I had seen them a while back but promptly filed them away into some hidden recess of my mind. And there they stayed until Jess sent them back today. So, as I was reading through the [...]
22 Jan
Sin vs Grace
Sin is too strong for me–but Your grace is too strong for sin!(from “Solitude Sweetened” by James Meikle, 1730-1799)
“Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound!” (Romans 5:20)
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