Sinful nature – Another Fearless Year

February 2, 2021

Thoughts on “So, What Have I Chosen?”

Continuing my new Tuesday theme of posting my thoughts first penned in The C.S. Lewis Journal. Today’s quote is one I wasn’t familiar with. I may have to pull out my copy of The Weight of Glory and read the source. A Quote from Lewis...

Thoughts on “For Me Alone?”

Once again, I’m sharing thoughts from my response to a C.S. Lewis quote in The C.S. Lewis Journal. This one happens to be a longer quote and a longer prayer, and shorter thought. A Quote from Lewis Be sure that the ins and outs of...

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November 14, 2015

Why Are We Surprised?

When people do terrible things, such as yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Paris or the most recent school shooting in Oregon last month, people are surprised. And when you believe, as our culture seems to, that people are basically good, the surprise is understandable. But my...

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November 1, 2015

Spiritual Coup

The past has no hold on me it reveals my old self but I am new Created in Christ Jesus in an amazing spiritual coup I’m not sure when it happened though it happens day by day I become more like my Savior in the most marvelous...

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October 7, 2015

Imperfect Me

Though I know I’m deeply flawed And sometimes I fear I’m a fraud Grace I do see I’ve been set free Because I am loved by God ***** Day 4 Lesson at Blogging U involves the topic of the imperfect, the form of limerick, and...

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February 18, 2015

Ash and Sackcloth

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. It is somber holiday when we are called to consider our sinful nature and our need for a savior. As a result, it tends not to be the most popular of holidays, and yet it is an...

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July 7, 2013

Choosing to Trust

I’ve been thinking about trust lately. It has been said that trust must be earned, and that once lost it is hard to regain. But it occurs to me that trust is a choice, and that sometimes we must choose to trust even when it...

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January 10, 2013

Escape from the Fowler’s Snare

The other day I was reading Psalm 124 during my morning prayer time. As often happens when I’m reading Psalms or other Old Testament books, I saw Jesus in this short Psalm, specifically in the last two verses: 7Our soul has escaped as a bird...

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August 19, 2012

Life by the Spirit the Way to Overcome

I have recently been pondering Galatians 5:13-26. Usually when I read Galatians 5, my focus is on verses 22-23, that wonderful list of the fruit of the Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” But lately I’ve been considering the bigger...

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November 26, 2011

Taming the Wild – A Poem

The poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub today was to write about the WILD. My first thought was of a song by Johnny Cash called “The Beast in Me” (see video below). I thought of the line in that song, “God help the beast in...

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Another Fearless Year

Tag: Sinful nature

Thoughts on “So, What Have I Chosen?”

Thoughts on “For Me Alone?”

Why Are We Surprised?

Spiritual Coup

Imperfect Me

Ash and Sackcloth

Choosing to Trust

Escape from the Fowler’s Snare

Life by the Spirit the Way to Overcome

Taming the Wild – A Poem

Tag: Sinful nature

Thoughts on “So, What Have I Chosen?”

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