As I am typing this post, I am sitting in a hospital room and it’s 9:50 pm. My mother-in-law is snoring as she is swallowed up by the hospital bed. My father-in-law reads The Word on the couch next to me. And my mind recalls reading about grace. The words that keep coming to me [...]
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Thoughts for the Day
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
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I’ve come to realize the truth that our lives are spent clamoring for that one thing we write about, sing about, think about, long for: love. When I truly love, it consumes me- like fire in my bones- like a stomachache. When I fake love, it comes out in meaningless words and declarations; in obligation [...]
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These Dry Bones
After Reading Ezekiel 37:1-14 I imagine I am transported to a deep valley surrounded by jagged cliffs. The dust on the valley floor kicks up with the slightest breeze and every movement leaves me dustier and more in need of a shower. The man who transported me to this spot stands at my side, gently [...]
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