This Sucks!
Apologies for using slightly vulgar language for my title today. My mom said this several days ago, when she was trying to walk but her legs wouldn’t seem to hold her up. Such frustration and anger! I can understand the feeling . . . her body has been faithful and strong all these years, and…
Assistance, Please?
It’s so hard to watch your loved one struggle to accomplish tasks that were once second nature. The deterioration of motor skills can be devastating, or at least highly frustrating. And imagine how frustrating it is to be in their place: the body is not working well and the soul hates it. The big question…
Thrown to the Lions
All right, I admit it. I wasn’t really thrown into the den of lions a la Daniel in the Old Testament. Sure felt like it, though. The aloneness, the anxiety, the fatigue all conspired to ask me if I had done something to make God turn His back. And I know, though it may have…
A Living Sacrifice Requires Inner Honesty
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. (Psalm 51:6 NASB) How do you respond to this verse? Do you figure you’re an honest person and therefore God will give you wisdom? Maybe you acknowledge that God desires inner truth and you have that…
No Resuscitation!
During my college years, I heard a preacher say, “There’s a problem with living sacrifices—they keep crawling off the altar.” Yep. Have you ever offered all of yourself to God and then took it back when it became troublesome or inconvenient? Crawled right off that altar, didn’t you? Paul knew all about this struggle:…
Save Your Life by Losing It
“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” (Matthew 16:25.NASB) Has God ever asked you to give up something that you enjoyed? Some might say this can never happen. After all, He promises to give us good things.
Choose Life by Choosing to Die
My pastor jokes about getting business cards that say, “We just want to help you die.” A bit macabre, is it? But it’s true. One main function of the church is to help us die to self. And that dying leads us to true life. God always calls us to choose life. “I…