Psalm 7:17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High. My husband and I recently flew from Pennsylvania to Nashville for a quick visit to see our son and his family. (Have to admit that our14-month old Continue Reading…
1 Kings 19:4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” An old friend came Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 1:12 “…But I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day which has been entrusted to me.” I was talking with a woman the other day who has trouble remembering who she is Continue Reading…
Jonah 4:9 “…. I’m so angry I wish I were dead.” Self-Pity. There’s nothing attractive about it. Like quicksand, it draws us in and pulls us down, down, down until we drown in SELF. Self-pity accepts no responsibility for our beleaguered state of mind and soothes our bruised egos Continue Reading…
Romans 8:31-32 “…If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” Have you ever had any of those “I’m gonna’ eat some worms” days? Or Continue Reading…
Philippians 2:8 “And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!” I’ve written about how both desperation and dissatisfaction can lead us toward an I can’t but He can mindset. But without a healthy dose of humility, the Continue Reading…
Mark 10:49 “…Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” Bartimaeus—a blind beggar on the side of the road. His affliction had stripped him of all dignity, leaving him, according to Jewish society, only a few steps above a leper. His self-sufficiency had been replaced with total dependency on human Continue Reading…
1 Kings 19:4 “He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. ‘I have had enough, Lord,’ he said. ‘Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.’” Ever have one of those “un-days?” You feel un-loved, un-productive, un-inspired, un-necessary. Every good Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 4:6 “For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure.” Self-centeredness usually succeeds because it causes us to center more on what we don’t have than what we have. One of its most insidious manifestations erupts in self-pity. Continue Reading…