The past few days had been frigidly cold when we found a man sitting near our tables where we serve food to those on the streets. He shared bits and pieces with us of a life I can hardly imagine. And yet, despite his horrible circumstances this man knew something that I'm slow to acknowledge.…
Category: obedience
Fountain of love
Christ's heart was a fountain.... A fountain of love. He took the love that He received and He gave it away. Continually. His heart was ever touched with the cries of human suffering. He always sought to relieve. He never sought to turn this fountain off. He lived to love. "Jesus, precious Jesus. A whole…
Unshaken Confidence
He knew he would not be ashamed and so had set his face like a flint. There would be no turning back, no turning aside. No believing anything other than what God had told him. He was confident in this because God was near to Him. Because God had promised to help him, he knew that…
Nothing Less
I've been studying the sanctuary for school lately, and I'm amazed at the degree of perfection and exactness that went into everything concerning the sanctuary. It was made exactly according to the pattern given. The priests did their appointed work perfectly. There was to be no blemish or spot in the offerings. The priests had to be completely clean before officiating.…
Chained by Righteousness
Isaiah 11:5 "And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins." Girdled. Chained. Manacled. Shackled. By righteousness, by faithfulness. I daily fight chains, and shackles of darkness.... but, This is no slavery. This is willing bondage. To choose to be controlled, chained, shackled? Why bondage? Freedom is not be…