Obedient Wrestling
My humanness sometimes makes me question my faith. On those days when I just want to sleep instead of serve, I remember the disciples.
My humanness sometimes makes me question my faith. On those days when I just want to sleep instead of serve, I remember the disciples.
Have you ever considered that we tell God His arms are too short almost every day?
Like Aaron, I didn't discount Yahweh as my God but I picked up a few extra just in case--money, work, children, husband. I followed what I could see.
We don't often see the Trinity angry in scripture. But I'm convinced one of His primary triggers is "I don't want to, get someone else."
I wonder if the reason so few see God face-to-face is that we seldom get alone with our Creator bringing nothing but ourselves.
I am a huge proponent of people seeing themselves through God's eyes. But some fear going to far. They worry that they'll let Paul's notion of sharing God's glory go to their head.
Imagine you are David. Hiding in a cave with your men, life becomes overwhelming. Abandoned and alone, when everyone has given up on him, David does not give up on God.
Psalm 139 has some of the most memorable verses in scripture. In this beautiful poem we find 7 Where can I go from your Spirit?     Where can I flee from…
I wonder how different life would be if everyone understood these basic truths?
In every verse, the Psalmist recognizes the value of the Almighty's precepts. Not only does he acknowledge them, he embraces them. This unknown writer loves the Word of the Lord. Do we?