My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Thunder
I love the sound of thunder. Thunder, especially the really loud, deep, house shaking, heart shaking THUNDER, fills me with so much peace. For me it’s a faint echo of…
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…
How good and pleasant . . .
Psalm 133: A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it iswhen brothers dwell in unity!It is like the precious oil on the head,running down on the…
The Gospel is for the believer – Part 9
We fight by faith “Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress my…
The Groom
I have picked up an odd habit, or maybe not so odd, I do not know. At weddings, the music plays its interlude, and the doors are opened, and the…
How dare you show up, God!
This article is part of a series that begins here. An outline can be found here. There are songs that act like a bladed spotlight, penetrating, cutting away at the walls I…
Pleading Reality
“When the mourning dawned, the angel urged Lot to hurry, saying, ‘Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of…
Madness
We don’t believe that God can satisfy us and so we find our satisfaction in other things. “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of…
Divorce is rebellion
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the…
Let the blow come . . .
“Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it.” Psalm 141:5 Our sinful nature endears…
