Dear Lord,
Another day. Another sin.
Willfully chos’n, this time again.
How deep it runs, this stench within.
Backwards and forth, just like a wave.
Both good and bad, do I behave.
Oh gracious Lord, please quickly save.
But this I know, there’s naught in me.
There’s nothing that, from sin will free.
Oh please, dear God, hear this, my plea.
Aching and sore, [...]
I wrote previously about Saul’s timidity, laziness, and fear. He was so crippled by them that on the day he was to be announced as King of Israel, he hid himself in the baggage train and hoped he would not be found.
Sadly, Saul did not recover his manhood, repent of his shortcoming, and become [...]
Although I enjoy many Christian songs and a number of Christian bands, I find myself disheartened and disoriented if I listen to Christian radio for very long. Although that sentence could be made into a post of its own, I’ll leave that topic alone for now by simply saying that contemporary Christian music is usually too individualistic or too cheerfully playful for me to enjoy.
I’ve found that I often learn more about God and am subsequently drawn closer to Him through secular songs than I am through the large majority of Christian songs.
In the life of a believer, sin rarely hides for long. When I am guilty, I feel the weight upon my soul; the Holy Spirit is quick to convict God’s children of sin. Part of our new nature is a new heart, a heart that desires righteousness. Our nature knows that sin is death, and [...]
Sin, for the believer, isn’t an overwhelming, dominating force most of the time. There aren’t massive sins, or monumental failures, on most days.
Instead, our sins are small. It can start very small. We may forget to spend time in God’s Word one morning, and that morning can gradually turn into days. [...]
In the Tuesday morning Bible study that I mentioned in my last post, we discussed the various meanings the simple phrase “living with” can have. In that study, the context was living with a wife, and how differently men can view that. Some “live with” their wife like they would live with a [...]
Stunned, I watched as he did it again. This must’ve been the hundredth time I’d seen him do it. Satisfied, he walked back into his room and shut the door.
I went back to my book and tried to put his madness out of my mind, but it was only minutes before he came [...]
I had intended to write the second installment of my series on mystery today, but my heart and mind have been too tied up today to focus on that topic. At dinner tonight the burden I felt came to the surface and I realized that my struggle with sarcasm has been weighing heavily on [...]
Perhaps you’re not as guilty as I am. Perhaps none of what I’m about to say applies to you. Perhaps you won’t understand any of what I’m about to attempt to say. To keep from offending you I’ll write this post to myself. I’ll consider it a private meditation, but just [...]
I find that in the simple things of life I am a creature of habit. Wallet and keys are always left in the same corner of the same drawer. Sandwhich wraps must be made the same way every time. And I absolutely must lay on my right side if I am to have any chance [...]
