Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was a gossiper, Martha was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter, Sara was impatient, Elijah was moody, Moses stuttered, Zaccheus was short, […]
Spiritual Formation
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn. J.R.R. Tolkien The Return of the King Dark was the night It chased so hard Wild storms thrashed Upon my soul Questions raged Answers unfound Prayers formed and argued aloud Christ stands Tears flow down A break of light A glow in […]
Do you have thinking ruts? Ways of thinking that you just can’t seem to get out of. It was a track that had been worn into the earth by hundreds of sheep plodding over the same piece of clay time and time again. As I child being raised on a […]
Some of my thoughts would scare you. If my thoughts were paraded across a silver screen then you would be aghast. Thoughts of love, pain, anger, lust, depression all dance across the screen of the mind. A couple of posts ago, I talked about lassoing those varmint thoughts. Grabbing hold […]
We all have thoughts that rumble on through the grey matter: some good and helpful, some not so good, and actually unhelpful. I know for me, some of my thoughts have a particular theme. If I could box them and categorize them, I would have multiple files of thoughts. Some […]
How do you respond when someone spreads rumors about you, gossips, lies, pretends to be your friend while really all they are doing is using and abusing you? A stab in the back. Perhaps they influence other friends to their side of the story. You’re having rotten tomatoes thrown at […]
I had heard the same thing over and over and over again from this person. Self-doubts, questioning, cynicism, fear all mashed together to be an ugly serving for the day. They had learned the script over the whole of their lives. Repeated it, rehearsed it, played it out on so […]
Life has ups and downs, but when you have an encouragement journal, you always have a place to go back to reset the heart I forget. Actually, my memory can be pretty bad. I have a ‘forgetta computer’ for a brain as someone has said. We all have a limited […]
I have secrets I tell no one. I am not alone in this I am certain. I am sure you have them too. Things you have done have or that have been done to you. Fears, desires, longings, pains, and some things that you are not even consciously aware of. […]
It’s an acronym I learnt this week from All is Grace, Brennan Manning’s memoirs. He was describing his time in a rehab facility for his alcoholism when he received feedback from his fellow alcoholics in a peer review worksheet. I SEE YOU USING THE FOLLOWING DIVERSIONS TO KEEP FROM DEALING […]