On listening to people instead of listening to God
What follows is a chapter from “The Imitation of Christ”, by Thomas a Kempis.. A very good book! Chapter 39How Truth Instructs us in SilenceTHE DISCIPLE. `Speak, Lord, for Your servant listens.’(I Sam 3:9) `I am Your servant; grant me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.’(Ps.119:125) `Incline my heart to the words of Your [...]
Do you Sing?
I have a hard time understanding why some people don’t sing in church. I can’t stop myself, yet others seem to just stand with arms crossed, bored, and seem to be barely able to withstand the “singing’ portion of worship. For me, it’s hearing the truth of God in song and having a chance to [...]
See it and Seize It!
How many times have we passed a person with car trouble and thought, “I should stop and help”. Hopefully we haven’t gotten too numb to at least “think” this. But most times we just keep going justifying our actions by saying, ‘well they have a cell phone, probably already called for help”, and ” I’ll [...]
Everything Glorious
Just listening to a song by David Crowder, “You Make Everything Glorious”.. In that song he says ‘you make everything glorious and I am yours..so what does that make me?’ We don’t use the word glorious much in our conversations, so it seems a little odd when you hear it. One definition of glorious is [...]
You are a Child of the King, Now Act Like It!
Remember who you are, and Who you belong to. Those words ring in my mind. Maybe because so many times in my life , I have not acted like that was true. The video above is Dave Robinson, who was my son’s youth leader and this was at a high school graduation lunch. The key [...]
Everybody wants to go to heaven
Have ever heard the song? “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die”. If you haven’t look it up on the net. It is an old song. There are scary and contemplative things in that thought. If I truly believe what God says and I am a child of God, and I [...]
What leaves you broken — makes you better
But in the end, what leaves you broken — In the end, makes you better. I was just hearing that song by Plumb, over and over in my mind.. There is a lot of truth in those words. What breaks us, usually leaves us better. Makes us stronger. If we determine to use it that [...]
Mother Teresa
Do I see the world differently than most? I guess so. I don’t love talking about people who have doubted their faith. I guess it hits too close to home. I don’t doubt my faith, but I question many things that God does. It seems people are rushing to say that Mother Teresa was a [...]
It’s Hard to Hear when you don’t listen
I am at Emerald Isle, North Carolina this week and it is beautiful here. I love the ocean, but I couldn’t tell you why. Maybe it’s just the vast, flat, view. Maybe the sound, ( I can’t hear the sound as good, since my left ear is not working).. Which reminds of what I am [...]
