"Strengthen the Feeble Hands, Steady the Knees That Give Way."
Archive for October, 2006
Rejoice in The Lord
Oct 21st
“Rejoice in the Lord, it is no trouble for me to write this to you again and it is a safeguard for you” (Phil. 3:1).
If you are like me, you need gentle reminders during the quiet moments that, to be Christian is to live the life of an alien. We who are in Christ are in the world but not of it. We are citizens of earthly realms but belong to a future Kingdom. We do not think the same, speak the same, reason the same, nor do we hope the same as the people of this world. Our joy, having a different and boundless source, is likewise of a different order.
So, no matter where you are in life—rejoice. No matter what you are going through—rejoice. Rejoice when people around you raise their voice in despair. Rejoice because despite all that you know and all that is unexplained, there is a God who is with us. He has graciously promised to never leave us nor forsake us. In this we rejoice.
But we are made only of flesh. Weak as our wills are, cruel as the world is, we struggle to rejoice always. Joy does not come as naturally. The trials More >
Our God Whispers (part 2)
Oct 3rd
While we could bemoan the fact that God does not say more and that He does not speak more plainly, it is humbling that He has spoken at all. I rejoice that so much has been revealed and so much made clear. Standing in the mouth of the cave, Elijah heard the rumble, felt the turbulent winds, and saw the flames, but they spoke no divine truths. It has been the same in my searching. God is not in the quake, the wind, nor the flame. I know He loves me because the Bible tells me so. In the end this was what I most wanted to know—that despite what my fears might say, I am loved all the more and not forgotten.
To be ignored, to be dismissed or overlooked, to be considered unworthy of a person’s time—this is a terrible thing. What I fear most deeply is not that I cannot hear God but that He is entirely silent. What I fear most is that He does not care to speak to me at all and that my prayers are given over to the void. The fear I harbor is not that God does not hear but that He More >
