I just finished an amazing book – Chasing Daylight by Erwin McManus. Over the course of a weekend it has radically shaped the way I view my life. And my relationship with God. McManus has a gift of rephrasing the world so you see it in a new way. But more on that Friday.
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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 [...]
Sometimes the hardest thing we can do is be obedient to God. I have spent my entire life making decisions out of selfishness and based on what I think would be “best” for me. That all comes very naturally to me. But the more I’ve learned about God, the more I realzie that’s not how [...]
giving or manipulation?
Posted in God, faith, trust on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Money, money, money. Some times you just can’t escape it! That’s certainly been the case for me this week. Part of it involves wrestling with how best to use the money God has given me. How do I know what to do with it? (rent or buy?) Who do I give it to? (church or [...]
i’m a christian because of the money
Posted in God, choice, faith, prayer, radical, trust on October 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It may seem strange to say this, but money is the reason I’m a Christian.
“Wha-?!” I know, that’s your reaction. You’re either thinking I’m crazy – because for most people there is very little profit and wealth to be had in being a Christian. Or you are probably saying, “I knew Christians were all about [...]
what I’m reading: Her Agony (Time Magazine)
Posted in God, Mother Teresa, faith, feeding my brain, love, trust on September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Most days I set out with some kind of intentionality behind what I read. But occasionally I come across something by chance. And that’s how it was for Her Agony.
I had been eating lunch with a friend, when the topic of Mother Teresa came up. (Up to that day I probably had a total of [...]
does God exist in the dentist office?
Posted in God, choice, taking action, trust on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I want to believe that my faith will make my decisions easy. That somehow believing in God is this magic elixir that makes everything work out. To be honest I’m not sure where this idea comes from. I don’t remember ever sitting down and learning this. It’s just this thought that my mind is [...]
God is bigger than me
Posted in God, miracles, trust on August 14, 2007 | Comments Off
“Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest.” (Joshua 3: 15)
It may be obvious that God is bigger than me, but somehow I keep forgetting that fact. Instead, I spend much of my time trying to bring a problem to God that is “manageable.” I’m the Goldie Locks of prayers. I don’t want to [...]
