Guilt. Failure. Weariness. All these are reasons why we sometimes don’t go to God. Or maybe we do go to God but we do so without expecting much. Or we start our prayers with lists of what we need forgiveness for. We feel unworthy. Or rather, we know we are unworthy…and we’re just not sure …
I’ve had this post on my heart since New Year’s…ever since I thought about how many people will be making them…digging deep for determination to meet goals and accomplish things…hoping against hope that maybe this year, they’ll be able to manage whatever it is they want to do or think they should do. In fact, …
‘Tis the Season to… Celebrate Christmas?Be with family?Enjoy the snow?Be busy? I’m afraid that last one has got me this year. I don’t feel frazzled, which is really nice…but I feel like the days are passing me by. I do one thing, and another, and I’m not enjoying the season like I usually do. Usually …
I’ve had David on the mind lately–David the king, outlaw, poet, shepherd, warrior, murderer, seeker, and worshiper. What is it, exactly, that made him “a man after God’s own heart?” It couldn’t have been his righteousness…anything he did, for we all know how often David screwed up. I love the Psalms. It is, I think, …
