I find Christmas to be a fascinating holiday. Not because I like to get a lot of presents. Although I do! Instead, I think it’s interesting watching how people get so caught up in all the things that there are to do before Christmas Day. I’m sure we can all think of examples of that [...]
Archive for the ‘hope’ Category
the meaning of Christmas
Posted in God, Jesus, hope on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
hope
Posted in God, faith, hope on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Life can be tough. I don’t think I’m surprising anyone with that little bit of insight. It can be easy to give up. Some tasks seem so daunting, so overwhelming, that we can’t imagine finishing them, let alone surviving them. “How do we keep moving forward against those odds?” we ask ourselves. I admit, it’s [...]
a sick woman and common sense
Posted in Jesus, faith, hope, radical on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, ‘If I just touch his clothes, I will be [...]
God’s strength: part 2
Posted in God, hope, taking action on November 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was exhausted yesterday. Actually that’s probably an understatement. I felt a little zombie-like; but with less brains and more drool.
For me it’s been one of “those” weeks. You know, the kind where it seems everything is a battle. I’ve been working on a major project and yesterday marked the last day. It’s a project [...]
God’s strength
Posted in God, hope, trust on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“”He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.” (Isaiah 40: 28)
Sometimes I think God must get tired of answering my prayers. After all, doesn’t he get tired of listening to me whine and complain? I know I get tired of people whining and complaining.
Fortunately, that’s not how God is!
God’s [...]
worship: when it’s no longer fun
Posted in Jesus, hope, sin, worship on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“What has happened to all your joy?” (Galatians 4:15)
There are days when we get into a rut, where we lose the excitement in our lives. It happens with work, with friends, and even with fun. In fact, it happens with everything. It’s too easy to lose sight of why you started on something as you [...]
will God forgive me?
Posted in God, hope, radical, sin on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to wrap my mind around the idea that I don’t earn my forgiveness through deeds and actions. Instead I receive forgiveness by turning to God and asking for his help.
In everything we do we are measured. We get raises based on our performance at work. We graduate based on our test scores. Heck, [...]
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 [...]
God is not Santa Claus
Posted in Acts, God, faith, hope, taking action on September 19, 2007 | Comments Off
Growing up I had a lot of delusions, and a more than a few misunderstandings, when it came to Christianity. Most of those views I’ve learned were wrong. Sometimes I learned it the easy way, and other times I had to learn it the hard way. Perhaps the one that’s been hardest to overcome is [...]
