If I could train my foolish brain to recognize people as errant blind souls wandering in a suit of flesh, I believe forgiveness would flow like a river. Though there is forgiveness as I live in Christ, it is often by compulsion. It’s rarely the first thought. I think about the reason for this inability … Continue reading
Indelible, Unavoidable, Undeniable
Though we clean the windshield, the Yellow Jacket is still drawn to the smell of death that remains. Though we conveniently forget the things we have done, the stench of our sins accompanies us to the Glorious Throne of God. We will all stand without excuse to give account of ourselves for the things we … Continue reading
Rejected or Accepted
So much is made of self esteem in this world. If you were accepted by the one who made you, you would have no need for self esteem boosters.
To the Journey
We have a tendency to trivialize everything. But we come to own this tendency with good reason. Absolutely everything we know deteriorates. Even the compassion of Man is in a state of flux; needs come and go, the sick get better or die, poverty evaporates at the end of its work, hatred goes to sleep … Continue reading
When the Sun Rises
Many who think themselves to be firm Christians are compromised. This is not suspicion or an attempt at slander, this is the way it is. While they embrace many things of Christ they also embrace many things of the world. We are told that such lives will suffer loss. On the day when Christ rises … Continue reading
What Was, Still Is.
Why do we do the things we do? Why have we learn to love what we love? What causes a man to gravitate toward one sin or another? Why is ignorance so beloved while wisdom and sobriety wander like orphaned children? It is impossible that any man should answer these things. At best they can … Continue reading
