“Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; when His candle shined upon my head, and when by His Light I walked through darkness.” Job 29:2,3. We must also seek Jesus for HIS Light in our hearts and hands as well, i.e. “repentance to…life, life-in-the-full; eternal life, beginning at our New Birth in Christ.”
Category: Experience
F. A. I. T. H.
F-Faith A-Activated I-Intensity (in) T-Trusting H-Him (Hamashiach)
R. E. A. L.
R-REAL E-Encounter (with) A-Abba L-LOVE
What IS depression?
“Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance,” said Dr. Andrew Solomon, “whereas, depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.”
Acceptance vs. Accomplishment
Being “accepted in the Beloved” is not based upon ‘performance’ (albeit faith and obedience are indeed both required for acceptance)…but being “accomplished” in the Body (i.e., “to grow in grace and in knowledge of the LORD Jesus”) certainly requires (at least some of) it (character/life transformation and at-large Kingdom Advancement).
Threads of Destiny
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. noted how we are all inclined to either chaos or community. He argued for togetherness from a Birmingham jail cell: “In a real sense, all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”
Miracle of Grace, Too!
“Dedicated to My Esteemed Cousin, Arthur Hedley, Whose Triumph in Adversity is a Constant Miracle (and Reminder) of Grace.” Herbert Lockyer, in dedicating his book, All the Miracles of the Bible (added word in parenthesis and italicization made by me).
Amazing Grace
“The work of grace and salvation, indeed, is all so far miraculous that it requires the influence upon our nature of a living power above that of nature.” H. Wace, as quoted in Herbert Lockyer’s book, All the Miracles of the Bible (re. The Miracle of the New Birth), pg. 163.
The Cause
Question: Are YOU the Cause (of Your Problems & Life-story and, therefore, ‘the Dead-center’ Implosion of Your ‘Universe’)…or CHRIST and His Soon-coming Your CAUSE (Comfort & His-story, the ‘Live-center ‘explosion’ of HIS Universe)? King David reminds us in the Living Word/Holy Scripture, “is there not A (singular, only ONE worth living…and dying…for) CAUSE?” Answer Hint: The Kingdom of SELF is NOT It!
What IS sin?
“Sin is…selfishness.” High School Classmate, Christine Conser, in observing our cultural and personal dilemmas, c. 1980.
Ponderings of a Sojourner 