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…
Being God for Someone Else
Dennis Jernigan once said, “I don’t want to be God. His job is too hard!” (Apologies for a bit of a misquote.) I know his words are light, but look to the deeper meaning as related to caregiving.
Has Jesus Won Your Heart?
I love songs that talk about the love of Jesus. I didn’t used to. Never really understood it. And I certainly couldn’t relate to those emotional women who waxed poetic about Jesus. What was up with that? You see, when I was very young, a cult tried to make me hate and fear Jesus. I…
Should a Christian Have Pain?
I finished reading “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis last week. What inspiration! He expounds on animal versus human pain, on heaven and hell, and on the fact that our fallen world is a place of pain. We live surrounded by it. We experience it. Unfortunately, we’ve also often been misled by ministers who…
Be the Priest You are Called to Be in 2016
When Jesus was on the threshold of His ministry, He went into the synagogue and read aloud from the prophet Isaiah: The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty…
Holiday Blues
What do you feel when you are facing the winter holidays? Is it a “Hallmark” time for you, or more of a “Nightmare Before Christmas”? Thanksgiving and Christmas are supposed to be filled with happy family gatherings, good food, thoughtful gifts, and romantic gestures. That is, according to the advertisers. We’ve been fed a bill…
A Religion or a Relationship: Some Suggestions
Another description of Christianity is this: Religion is man trying to reach God while Christianity is God reaching for man. What do you think? Is your Christianity more religion or relationship? Of course, a relationship with God is like any other relationship–it can have ups and downs. There can be times when you are frustrated…
Love Fights Loneliness
How do we defer our desires? Think about this: are your desires loving? Are your desires holy? Could they be destructive to anyone else? Could they eventually be destructive to you? Psalm 37:4 tells us to delight in the Lord and He will give us the desires of our heart. Have you let Him provide…
Lonely in our Selfishness
I know you’ve heard John 15:13. This oft-quoted verse says, “Greater love has no man than he lay down his life for his friends.” Sometimes it’s used in funerals or other memorial tributes. The trouble is the translation of “life” is inaccurate.