Holy Father, You are all about Truth, huh? It’s amazing how the sum total of Your every thought or word adds up to pure Truth (Psalm 119:160). I can see how that is definitive freedom (John 8:32). As you teach me to pray, You’ve first lesson was on the antithesis of Truth – deceit. I know …
Fill ‘er up
“My cup overflows” (Psalm 23:5). Ever been to a restaurant where you asked for refills on something you thought was free – only to find out that you paid for each and every time the waiter brought you a new glass? Yeah, me too. It’s not a pleasant experience, huh? It woulda helped to know which beverage …
Pesky Thoughts
“You anoint my head with oil” (Psalm 23:5) So what’s up with the oil? For the shepherd, it is a staple in his medicinal toolkit. Linseed oil mixed with sulfur and tar is a highly effective repellent to the irritating flies that pester sheep. As gross as it sounds, these flies regard the sheep nostrils as …
So just whose presence are you in?
When we arrive at the table of His Presence, we find the presence of others there as well. The presence of our enemies. Kinda ironic, isn’t it? We made it through the valley of shadows, arrived at our banquet destination, and there they are – the same enemies that were wounding us in the valley. …
Pull up a Chair!
“I’ve lost my wedding ring”. Married only a few months, I so hated telling Mark the news. But, as I sat there retracing my last hours, I knew I would need his help to look. We returned to Joel’s garage where we had been refinishing our old dresser. Over the course of the next hour, the situation …
Ready to get out of the valley?
One particular Thanksgiving in Taiwan, I somehow got the idea to invite everyone that I knew for the holiday meal. Over a month prior, we ordered five large turkeys from a wholesale meat market, borrowed 15 folding tables and began stockpiling mounds of stale cornbread in the freezer. Our apartment was too small to contain …