As 2019 and the Christmas season draws to a close, I find myself thinking about how many truths and principles exist as a paradox. The first shall be last. The greatest is the servant. Love your enemy and do good to those who spite you. To me, the biggest paradox is that God chose to …
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I am going to repost this again, just because it seems like more people than ever are looking for hope this Christmas. Perhaps you, whoever you are, are wondering this: How can we reconcile celebration with everything that is happening? To me, the answer is simply because everything that’s wrong with the world illustrates how …
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I am going to repost what I shared last Christmas, for the world still seems to be falling apart. Most likely it always will. This year, I think that different people would give completely different lists of what that looks like… which parts of things are falling apart and which are falling together. But then …
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December 2016. The once-great city of Aleppo, jewel of the Ottoman Empire and home to 2 million not all that long ago (think Houston, TX for size), is in its death throws as massive evacuations continue. In South America, Venezuela is in total upheaval after the most-used currency bill has suddenly been declared no longer valid, …
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Wednesday night I blogged about one verse that’s been on my mind a lot lately. The other one I mentioned is this: The righteous shall live by faith. I cannot count the number of times I’ve heard or read that verse, but only recently have I actually thought about the nitty-gritty of what that actually …
People love stories of Christmas miracles. But to me, the miracle of Christmas is that the all-powerful One chose to lay down all his power and glory… for me. Wow. So once more, I want to share the words of the song God gave me two years ago. The story behind it is here if …
I found this post from years and years ago, and I think it’s a timely reminder. Whenever the Christmas season comes around, I seem to be surrounded by two main schools of thought. 1) The secular view of Christmas with Santa Claus and commercialism is, of course, very prevalent today. 2) Then there are the …
This month, God gave me another new song. It’s been years since the last one, but this one is special to me because I specifically asked for it. You see… last year, as new Christmas songs came out on the radio and old ones were resung and redone, I found myself wanting a new kind …
I’m not sure why I woke up with this song running through me, but I did. Especially the words: “Hope…when life is hard. Light…when everything seems dark.” Hope. It’s such a powerful thing, for it fights despair. But now abide these three: faith, hope, and love. What is it about these three things that made …
(In a post this past summer, I wrote a little about the Five Love Languages, as written about by Gary Chapman in The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts. I explained how I found myself wondering if they apply to our relationship with God. This is the sixth of what turned out …