God didn’t accept Jeremiah’s excuse…and He won’t accept ours, either. Because He knows our excuses aren’t valid. Too often, they’re a means of either chickening out or choosing selfish pursuits (which will never satisfy us the way following Him can). When He gives a purpose, He also bestows what we…
HYMN DAY! The words for “Let All Things Now Living,” written by Katherine K. Davis, are put to a traditional Welsh melody that is simply delightful. You can listen to it here, if you like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMCE1G3N7Q Verse 1 Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving to God the…
Excuses, excuses… Aren’t we all so good at making excuses? I’m too young, I’m too old, too busy, too uneducated, too (fill in the blank). On and on we go, giving reasons why we cannot follow the pathway our loving God and Creator carved for us. Obviously Jeremiah was able…
“Before I formed thee…I knew thee…” Do those words give you a delightful shiver? If they don’t, read them again and plug your name in for the “thee.” Because it’s true. Even before you were formed in your mother’s womb, God the Father knew you. And more than that, He…
If a one-year-old snags a lollipop from a bin at the grocery store and eats it without paying for it, we likely handle that differently than if a ten-year-old does it. By the time a child is ten, he’s been taught that he shouldn’t take something that doesn’t belong to…
God is God and I am not. Steven Curtis Chapman wrote a song with that phrase as its title and, boy, is it true. But how often do I try to “play” God? How many times have I thought a person was a lost cause, or some other person couldn’t…
HYMN DAY! The composer and writer of this Victorian-era communion hymn aren’t known, but its words are beautiful: “O Lord, I Am Not Worthy.” O Lord, I am not worthy That thou should’st come to me; But speak the word of comfort, My spirit healed shall be. And humbly I’ll…
Humility kind of gets a bum rap. Some people think being humble means being weak; others think it means being a doormat. Neither is true. Humility is a simple recognition that God is sovereign over man, and therefore man should heed God’s instruction. An arrogant person thinks he is always…
Does God want us to be in a constant state of mourning and weeping? No, of course not. He brings us joy unspeakable! But unless we come to the place where we realize we are lost and in need of a Savior, we will never mourn His absence. We will…
This verse used to confuse me. Wasn’t God always near? That’s what my parents told me. So why did I need to draw near to Him? Well, I think I’ve found a pretty simple answer to that question. I need to draw near to Him for ME. Yes, He’s always…
