Holding On to the Master of the Waves
Sometimes, when everything is going wrong in our lives, it feels as if we will sink beneath the waves if we are not careful. If WE are not careful. It sounds good, rather modern and self-helpy, but it’s wrong. The issue isn’t whether or not WE are careful, or what we do, or how hard we [...]
Because He Is
There are so many thoughts jumbling in my mind, so many things that demand my attention. I should be emptying the dishwasher, starting the laundry, sweeping…something…anything. At least, so my mind tells me; my heart tells me differently and it is to it that I am trying to listen. My heart says to stay here, [...]
Not What I Am by Horatius Bonar
“Not what I am, O Lord, but what Thou art: Tis what I know of Thee, my Lord and God, That fills my soul with peace, my lips with song; Thou are my health my staff my rod; Leaning on thee in weakness I am strong. More of Thyself, oh, show me; hour by hour; [...]
A New Day, A New Direction by Anna Wood
Two years ago come June, my husband lost his job. Since then we’ve lived hand-to-mouth on unemployment and odd jobs. We’re a homeschooling family of nine children with seven of them still living at home; to say it’s been hard would be an understatement. Two-and-a-half weeks ago, my husband received a request for an interview [...]
Free–In Prison (via A Puritian At Heart)
Paul was now in bonds, yet not so close kept as to be denied pen and paper. God it seems gave him some favour in the sight of his enemies: Paul was Nero’s prisoner, but Nero’s was much more of God’s. And while God has work for Paul, He found him friends in both court [...]
Faith Laughs at Impossibilities by Leonard Ravenhill « Revival & Reformation
Peter in prison! What a jolt! We are too far removed from the actual scene to catch the atmosphere of dismay the Christians of that day felt. Peter had moved from Pentecost to prison, from jeers to spears. He was guarded by sixteen soldiers. One wonders why such a defenseless man needed such a [...]
Words Known By Heart
Psalms 27: 3, “Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this I will be confident.” God is wholly holy. If we do not understand that about Him, truly we understand nothing. He cannot be brought down to our level nor can we ascend [...]
