Haggai 1: 3-6, 12 Maybe you’ve grown accustomed to how things are right now. You’ve come to grips on how life is, and you dare not hope for anything better. Maybe any effort to change things might throw your circumstances into chaos. Maybe you are content, grown accustomed to your life. I wrote in my…
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What Am I Convinced Of?
What am I convinced of these days? Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armour, ‘Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised.; it maybe that the Lord will act for us; for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.’ – 1 Samuel 14: 6…
An Incident of Joy
As the Grinch said, “Somehow or other, it came just the same.” Thursday, December 19, 2019 in the Book of Common Prayer lectionary was the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. The Psalm for the day was Psalm 126. May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy. Those who go out weeping,…
A New Prayer for a New Year
At the close of a year and the start of a new one, I’ve been given something fresh to pray.People we know have experienced in 2017 some of the worst things in life. There are some who’ve experienced new and exciting opportunities. There are even more folks who fell right in between enduring struggles while…
Unless the Lord Writes . . .
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain. – Psalm 127: 1 God seeks covenant partnership with us, partnering with his will and way. Are we to partner with God in building the house? That’s the question. Then, we ask,…
Prepare Your Minds for Action
I awoke Friday after dreaming. I was in a house of happy, playful people in the dream. The environment itself was sloppy and chaotic. I had some form of authority there, but I can’t recall the degree. As the dream progressed, I knew I had plans on leaving and going oversees, but I didn’t want…
Entrepreneur
Two emails from insurance agencies arrived in my inbox recently inviting me to apply for position as an agent. One of the emails asked me to embrace my entrepreneurial spirit. I’m not entrepreneurial. My profile on some job search site may fall into such a category, but I’m not motivated in that way. There are…
The Hour Is At Hand
Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand.” — Matthew 25: 45-46 Jesus tells the disciples…
The Verizon Squeeze
Last Friday morning, I made an error in making a past due payment on our Verizon account. I paid the whole bill, which we couldn’t afford, instead of the past due amount only. Its hamstrung our finances. Its prompted prayers and cries for mercy in light of an error from a lack of attention to…
Psalm 102 in The Message 