I'm not sure how it starts. I can't recall an event. It is more like a waking dream or an undercurrent of some kind. For me it has always been a restlessness that just won't go away. It isn't painful or upsetting. It is more like an unresolved issue that is really important but you … Continue reading Ready or Not
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Options
Slavery is a life of no options. Self-life is slavery. Before the cross all you knew was selfish with a healthy dose of Sin input. Anything was OK for us. We had a conscience as a product of wrong fruit ingestion but it didn't matter. The thought of being without something was much more powerful than … Continue reading Options
Thimbles and Oceans
Did you know that a thimble holds about 1/2 a teaspoon? Did you know that there are 768 teaspoons in a gallon? Did you know there are about 187 quintillion gallons in the Pacific Ocean? So after doing the math, did you know that there are 287,523,709,535,232,000,000,000 thimbles of water in the Pacific Ocean? Did … Continue reading Thimbles and Oceans
Deep calls to deep
I just wanted to share this with you. I was thinking about how I sometimes feel my conversations with God are too simple. I know that sounds strange, but He stays on the same subject a lot, His love for me. I bet you think I am crazy to think that way, right? Sometimes we … Continue reading Deep calls to deep
Foxes and Holes
One of my persistent prayers is that God would reveal to me a greater understanding of Jesus Christ and Him crucified like Paul's desire in 1 Cor 2:2. I don't mean a greater academic understanding. I mean to know that I know. I want to understand completely in my innermost man. I truly believe that … Continue reading Foxes and Holes