“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.” Romans 12: 15 Here is a great way to look at what this verse says: “No one has to fix anyone’s pain; we just need to sit with them in it. It cannot be fixed; it can only be healed.” Sitting with someone does […]
Boulders and Backpacks–from Living Lessons on Intimacy With Christ
Another excerpt about Boulders and Backpacks from my devotional. I hope to have it ready in about two weeks. “Bear one another’s burden and thus fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6: 2 “For each one shall bear his own load.” Galatians 6: 5 These verses have helped me learn to rest by reminding me […]
Freed from the Law-Excerpt from Living Lessons on Intimacy With Christ
The new devotional is nearing completion. (Now published-here) It’s going to have beautiful illustrations by Jess Ellen May. Here is another excerpt: “But I say, ‘Walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, […]
#3 Excerpt from Living Lessons on Intimacy With Christ
“All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.” Hebrews 12:11 Discipline is another aspect of our journey that can feel and look “bad.” I would like to take a quick look at it in […]
Trials & Suffering-Excerpt from Living Lessons on Intimacy with Christ
Here’s another excerpt from my devotional book: Living Lessons on Intimacy with Christ “In this you greatly rejoice even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, that the proof of your faith being more precious than gold, which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to […]
Excerpt from Living Lessons on Intimacy With Christ
Living Lessons in Intimacy With Christ, my new devotional, is nearing completion. (Now published) I hope to have it ready by early summer. Now and then I will put out a “teaser” such as this one from the chapter on Grace and Union. “He who has joined himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” 1 Corinthians […]