Some days it’s just hard to be excited about God. We wake up and it’s raining outside, or we’re feeling depressed or overwhelmed, or we’re facing a major tragedy. Or worse yet, our fantasy football team just got crushed for yet another week. In fact there are far too many days that I find it [...]
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active praise
Posted in Bible, David, God, choice, faith on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
losing sight of God
Posted in David, God, choice, radical on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever had one of those days where you find yourself irritated at everything? For me that day was yesterday. It was as if the world was conspiring to test my patience. Everything “seemed” to be going wrong, and yet, nothing bad actually happened. Sure my plane was delayed (both of them). Sure I [...]
David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the LORD with all his might, while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets.
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. [...]
Have you ever noticed that the history of Christianity is a history of people who have no business doing great things but end up changing the world? Even a casual read of the Bible makes this a striking theme. Jesus himself came from a humble background. I don’t know about you, but if I were [...]
relating to David
Posted in David, God, hope, love, old testament on October 1, 2007 | Comments Off
There are some people in the Bible that I can relate to better than others. David is one of those people. And let me be upfront, it is not because I carry a sling! So who was David? Not only did he ultimately become the king of Israel, he was also this courageous, adventuresome, bold [...]
