Freedom in Creating

Freedom in Creating

Ever feel discouraged because of your lack of talent in one area or another?  You see that God has given you a desire to do something creatively, but “it will never be good enough” or “as good as” someone else.  Does it stop you from trying to...
Light & Life (Part 2)

Light & Life (Part 2)

“I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.  So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days...
Light & Life (Part 1)

Light & Life (Part 1)

“The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening [giving light to] the eyes.” Psalm 19:8 How often do you think about light?  By the grace of God, we have been given the sun with earth’s very predictable pattern of rotation around it.  Because of this, our daily...
The Mess God Uses

The Mess God Uses

I’m a mess.  I don’t always look it on the outside because I take care to be (what I consider anyway) presentable, and as God has gifted me with joy (with some fear of man mixed in) I’m usually smiling.  But just like everyone else, I’m a bundle of sin, insecurities...
Christ in you, the hope of glory…

Christ in you, the hope of glory…

I’ve always been of 2 minds about mysteries.  I love the anticipation and the puzzle involved in figuring them out, but sometimes the path to and even the ending itself leave much to be desired! There is a glorious and priceless mystery that God has now begun to...
The Glory of God in the face of Christ

The Glory of God in the face of Christ

Have you ever experienced the glory of God?  Ezekiel did, and in response, he fell on his face (Ez 1:28).  Job did and it motivated him to repentance in dust and ashes (Job 41:6). Isaiah saw glory of God filling the temple and, the contrast of God’s holiness in the...