Tag: Christ

The Artistry of God

I often wonder how anyone can look at the natural world around them — at the trees and flowers, the grasses of the field, the variety of birds, fish, and animals, the sun, moon, and stars in the sky — and not see God’s artistry. How can...

Psalm 53 – Foolishness

For today’s Psalm, I’ve posted something in anticipation of my Monday post, which is already written. With the exception of the heading note, Psalm 53 is identical to Psalm 14, which tells me it’s important. God has a habit of repeating the really important stuff. I believe...

The Best Concert that Almost Was

One thing I’ve learned about this life is that it can be full of alternating excitement and disappointment. The disappointment can be extremely difficult sometimes or it can just be on the level of annoying. This week I experienced just such a roller coaster ride...

Forgiven – A Poem

Because of Jesus’ sacrifice for my sins, I have been forgiven. It is a wonderful feeling to know that God knows everything about me — every thought, word, and deed — and still He loves me and is faithful to forgive me. I am so...

God’s Intent for You and Me

I know it’s not Music Monday, but since music is awesome any day, I wanted to share something music related with you all today. Tonight one of my favorite bands — Revive — is playing in Walla Walla, Washington, and tomorrow night they will be in Tacoma,...

The Footprints of the Lord

I seldom simply copy and paste things for a blog post, but a good friend of mine emailed this to me and I thought it was too good not to share. Most people have heard the “Footprints” story about seeing two sets of footprints in...

Thanks, John, for the Assurance

My favorite of all the apostles is John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” I love his Gospel, the three epistles that he wrote, and Revelation. One of our scripture readings in church on Sunday was from 1 John 4:7-21. There are a couple of things I...

Writer’s Block

I tried all weekend to come up with an idea for Music Monday, and nothing. I seem to have writer’s block. I had some ideas of things to write but nothing music related. I’ve been listening to my Christian playlist on my iPod all weekend,...

Psalm 41 – Blessing and Betrayal

This is another Psalm that covers a lot of ground. It starts by noting the blessing of those who care for the poor and how God cares for those He loves. It moves on to a prayer for mercy. Then hidden in the middle is...

Understanding Vindictiveness in the Psalms and Real Life

I’ve been reading (slowly) Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis. It is going slowly in part because, having read through chapter 4, I was compelled to go back and reread chapter 3. The title of chapter 3 is “The Cursings.” As is typical with Lewis,...