17 So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it. (James 4:17 CSB) This simple brief line of scripture can truly convict. To know yet not do…. How often do we have the opportunity to do, yet we do not act. We take the selfish path and do what is safe … Read more
3 The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. (Zephaniah 3:17) Do you realize that God loves you just as much as he loves his son Jesus? … Read more
12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. (2 Corinthians 8:12 CSB) Often it is simply how we approach life, with eagerness instead of indifference, that shows others the core of who we are. It can be easy … Read more
17 Jesus responded to them, “My Father is still working, and I am working also.” (John 5:17 CSB) “I figure God likes it when I show up.” (Brennan Manning’s, “The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus”) Possibly over half of our job is simply showing up. I understand this is not always that easy in today’s hectic … Read more
Pause awhile, and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10 JB) In Brennan Manning’s excellent book, “The Rentless Tenderness of Jesus”, he reflects on this passage from Psalms and uses a translation in the book I was unfamiliar with; Jerusalem Bible. I like the fact that it says “pause awhile” as opposed to the general … Read more