My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Naked
Adaptation of an earlier poem There she stood clothed, yet nakedBefore Him who looked into herheart.Fire and judgment stirred relentlesslyAnd searched . . . She looked into His eyes and…
Trying to get a square peg into a round hole
This article is part of a series that begins here. An outline can be found here. “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ…
Waiting for the Bride
I went to a wedding October 13th. As I was thinking about the wedding and the groomsman standing there waiting for his bride, my heart stirred and cried out, “I…
The Father did not despise the shame
This article is part of a series that begins here. An outline can be found here. The story of hiddenness Questions often have presumptions We all have heard that “there…
Come . . .
Have you ever wanted to be punished when you’ve done something wrong? Let’s say you’ve sinned against God, and then go to prayer and confess, and then there is nothing,…
The power of the Word
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!”I thought about titling this: Why Calvinists evangelize? For the word of the Lord is upright,and all his work is…
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” John 14:15 In the Old Testament, God’s people were exhorted, “You shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him; and…
Love as I have loved you
A letter written to a friend: I wrote this in my journal right before you asked me to pray for you last night: “This is My commandment, that you love…
Nothing produces nothing
Nothing produces nothing. . . Yes, with nothing, there is no matter, motive, energy, different dimension for nothing to work with to become something. But there is something . .…
Riches
When God says that He will not give His glory to another, this means there is no glory, no goodness we have to offer. There is nothing I have to…
