My child,
You may not know me, but I know everything about you. I know when you sit down and when you rise up. I am familiar with all your ways. Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. For you were made in my image. In me you live and move and have your being. [...]
Archive for February, 2009
28 Feb
a Father’s love letter
26 Feb
who were you five years ago?
yesterday when I was meeting with Matt (my pastor) we were talking about God’s power to change lives. Often I feel that its up to me to change myself… that its up to my great faith (oh wait, i don’t have that). I get discouraged when change doesn’t happen as quickly as I think it should. [...]
25 Feb
The Safe Place
I went to Jesus with a prayer
Upon a suppliant’s knee;
Low at His cross I laid me down,
Nor asked His face to see,
Yet whispered in His ear the tale
No mortal ear could bear:
The story of a faithless heart,
And of its self-despair.
I told Him how my feet had slipped,
How often gone astray;
How oft my heart refused to [...]
25 Feb
loved by God
Verse 1:
when everything in life seems so unsure
and darkness veils the path on which i go
There never is a day when You don’t care
not a moment when I wander on my own.
Chorus:
You have called me
You have loved me
And I know that through each day you’re always there
You pursued me
and You chose me
You give comfort as [...]
24 Feb
the dragon meets the lion
“The water was as clear as anything and I thought if I could get in there and bathe it would ease the pain in my leg. but the lion told me I must undress first. Mind you, I dont know if he said any words out loud or not.
I was just going to say that [...]
23 Feb
amazing grace
yesterday at church we sang the hymn amazing grace. i love the words “was blind but now i see.” over the past few years that song and the story behind it has become more and more meaningful to me.
in 1748, John Newton, a captain of a slave ship, faced a terrible storm at sea. Though [...]
22 Feb
sleep
I’m becoming more and more aware that sleep is a gift from God. I wonder what it must be like to sleep a normal eight hours… or at least 6. Please pray for me. Pray that we can figure out why my body just doesn’t want to allow me the precious gift of sleep.
And please [...]
19 Feb
is God angry?
as i was walking into work this morning, i was thinking about how little of God I actually know. as many of you know, the past few months have been very difficult for me, by far the hardest, darkest and most overwhelming season i’ve faced so far in my 27 years. i’ve doubted God, been angry at Him, [...]
17 Feb
hope… continued
Romans 4:18
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Lamentations 3:21 [...]
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