“…for the spirit of heaviness; Isaiah 61:3 KJV There’s a heaviness in the hearts of many … even solid Christians. You can often feel it in the atmosphere. This weight is the spiritual equivalent of COPD. It affects our spiritual lungs and robs us of breath. We sigh a lot and feel as if […]
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Encores
The last song is over … the performer exits the stage and thinks they are finished … but the audience is not through. They remain standing, ‘ovating’ and whistling, strongly announcing their desire to hear more. And they get an ‘encore’ which simply means again, or some more. One of the longest encores in […]
I Am Blessed
I am blessed! At fourteen I met the love of my life, married her six years later and find unbelievable delight in her love 54 years later. Our two sons and their wives are treasures beyond price and have given us seven grandchildren who enrich our lives at every turn. In over fifty years […]
His Breath – My Lungs
“I bless God every chance I get; my lungs expand with his praise.” Psalm 34:1 The Message In our worship time Sunday we sang the following words: “It’s your breath in our lungs. So we pour out our praise to you, Lord.” It’s a song about God’s gift and our choice as to what we […]
Taken For Granted
It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who pondered what we’d do if the stars only came out every thousand years. His response? “No one would sleep that night, of course. The world would become religious overnight. We would be ecstatic, delirious, made rapturous by the glory of God.” But alas, someone has observed, stars […]
Why Me, Lord?
As you read the above title, my guess is that you heard it in your mind being said in a whining, pouting voice. Maybe there’s even a little lip quiver as we say it. Because that question is usually a form of spiritual complaining. It’s a self-centered lament and comes from the branch of theological […]