7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success[a] wherever you go. (Joshua 1:7 ESV) The Lord’s path for our lives is very straight. We are commanded to … Read more

1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;    my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with things    too great and too marvelous for me.2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,    like a weaned child with its mother;    like a weaned child is my soul within me. (Psalm 131:1-2 ESV) I have written many times about the value of solitude. … Read more

13 Follow the pattern of the sound[a] words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 1:13 ESV) Did you happen to grow up with or have someone who patterned a scriptural way of living? If you did then like Timothy there was someone foundational in helping you find a faith … Read more

14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, (1 Peter 1:13-14 ESV) I like when scripture calls us out in very exact words. Speaking about our sinful state as our “former ignorance” is pretty exact. It points out … Read more

16 Rejoice always (1 Thessalonians 5:16 ESV) This is scripture is in the running for the shortest in the Bible. “Jesus wept”, is the shortest, but both are heavyweights when it comes to content. Fitting for this Thanksgiving morning, the day we are given to give thanks for all things. But this need not be a … Read more