There was once a boy, his name was Samuel, and he loved God. Samuel is a rather iconic figure in the Old Testament. He anointed first Saul, then David as Kings of Israel. Before that he served God faithfully as both Priest and Judge. Even the very beginning of his story is remarkable, as we […]
Love One Another: A Walk Through John 13 for Passover
It’s Good Friday, the night we recognize the Passover meal that was Christ’s Last Supper. His last evening with His disciples and His crucifixion. Today I want to spend some time in a passage of scripture from that evening, a passage I consider to be one of the most intimate, the most beautiful, and the most profound. […]
The Pursuit of Peace
When I think of having an inner peace my brain somehow flicks over to a scene from Kung Fu Panda. In it Master Shifu is trying to meditate to gain inner peace and keeps becoming irritated by his latest, and seemingly least capable, pupil. “Inner Peace…. Inner Peace…. Inner Peace…” The scene always makes me […]
Set Us Free.
I wonder how many reading this post are struggling with sin in their life. It’s overwhelming isn’t it? Sometime it seems to get to the point that we are just no longer in control, our sin is. I don’t want to minimize this struggle, and I recognize that with some things, some serious addictions, we […]
God Our Father. Abba, Daddy, God.
“Mommy!” “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!” “MOMMY!” It’s like a constant mantra at times in my house right now. My daughter is two, and her language skills are still in that stage where most wants, desires, and needs are only communicated with one word. Most of the time that word is “Mommy.” I don’t resent this […]
Lifting Him Up, Because He Was Lifted Up!
I talk quite a bit about the life God calls us to. A life of radical love for people and of an obsession and focus placed on Christ’s face. A life that isn’t easy but so very worth it. Sometimes when looking at this kind of life we are inspired and discouraged at the same […]
Fruit in Action
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 I like to joke about my name when reading this verse, “Look! ‘Joy!’ I’m a FRUIT! That explains SO MUCH!” I’ve been known to comment that I can get […]
Invisible.
Do you ever feel invisible? You can’t handle another moment, and no one even knows. We’ve all had our invisible moments. Moments of vulnerability and a sense of rejection. Moments no one seems to notice. But you know what? There is Someone who sees. Hagar was a slave, and even today people don’t tend to […]
Finding Truth in an Age of Reason
We live in the information age! The every day person has more information accessible to them than at any other time in history! We can go out on this thing called the internet and research all kinds of things, find all kinds of information. Yet truth it seems, is harder than ever to find. Reason […]
The Action of Joy
My name is Joy. It’s a pretty good name, but as a more than a little depressed teenager who had the name Joy, well, I didn’t appreciate the irony much. And as a person who is more than a little analytical, I thought really hard and long about what exactly this name I had means. The name Joy has a […]
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