If things are what you want, God can give you things, but if it is God you want you must be willing to hold “all these things” lightly and cling tenaciously to God himself. These things, these blessings we covet, the gifts, and even the spiritual gifts we desire, the characteristics and disciplines we crave, […]
Category Archives: Faith
More Than These
(First published on www.crosswalk.com/singles) I want to know. I have always wanted to know and I want to know everything!!! But in my singleness I wanted most of all to know why love tarried. I was under the impression that given enough information, given the right answers I would be able to cope with my […]
Towards Whatever End
Because I do not believe God, because I do not search the thicket expectantly for the ram caught by its horns (Gen 22:13), because my faith is small, I do not sacrifice as I should. There is within me, within us, a nagging suspicion which makes us hesitate, makes us wary of risking it all. […]