We want people to be vulnerable with us, for vulnerability brings intimacy and safety. Though we long for this vulnerability, sometimes we actively discourage intimacy through our presumptions. Before a…
Among other men, sin is so small of a thing, and yet we our slow to give grace, when we are wronged. But before God our sin is insurmountable, and…
Some people will neglect doing good, because what prompted that good was a false motive. I have learned to thank God for using the false motive to remind me to…
In our love for God, I believe it is easy to have an “eros” (or erotic) kind of love. Being caught up in the experience and awe, we are full…
The Bible compares the love and admiration and romance of marriage to the bond that that Christ and the Church have. “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the…
The last few weeks, God has been really impressing on me this verse. “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” This…
When I struggle or my heart is broken or I’ve failed or I don’t feel anything at all, I find myself wanting to figure it all out. I rush to…
To my sister, What are you looking for in a husband? My beloved sister, stop and hear this counsel from a godly mother. These words were written to her son,…
“And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as…
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of…
