Becoming, Yet Never Arriving

The rising tide of our own expectations leads us into disappointment, especially when relying only on what we heard and how it was interpreted as a child. Luke 18:21 A few years ago a lawyer in his fifties told me he had made a decision at nine years old that he didn't believe that Christ was who he said he was. His life has been modeled on that choice at that age without ever again seriously looking into it. Luke 18:22-23 

We're to no longer think as a child as we live as one. 1 Corinthians 14:20

Corn Fed

Hunger is never a thing of the past, yet be careful not to give everyone an ear full. James 1:19,20

Big Chicken or Chicken Little?

One of the greatest struggles seems to be the right job for anyone at any age. The big chicken searches for a new life in hope for a better career. Chicken little searches for a new job in hope of a better life. Pray for the light-heartedness of a feather and the seriousness of a good egg. Matthew 10:16

I'm all Ears

The ear is the shortest distance between the complicated mind and the simple heart that cries out "Listen to me!". Psalm 116:2,6  We are joined at the ear before the hip. Genesis 32:24-31

Hope against hope

Redemptive Reality says "Come" against my stated wish for a magic solution "Just tell me what to do!". Romans 4:18

On E!

Emptying myself feels like I'm running on empty, but I'm running, still. Galatians 2:20

Good?

Driving myself insane trying to be good. Actually thought I could.

A mind surrendered is life and peace.

My faith, without cease, self-generating increase

came not from just having heard

but hears perfectly timed words.

By faith of Christ,

freedom from what I would.

Not doing only what I could.

No longer "I should"

or knock on wood.

I'm free to be

what I see that He

made fearfully

wonderfully me.

Whole, no goody-goody.

Psalm 86:5

Boring Discoveries

This is done bit by bit. Human nature is impatient with and resistant to the obedient call of wholeheartedly drilling deeply. The feeling is often that we're under the drill rather than thrilled. Do you dig it? Deuteronomy 8:9