He Fed You

“And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”...

“A Clean Heart”

Reading from Psalm 51. “Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:9-10) Psalm 51 is a prayer asking God to cleanse the sin from the author. It acknowledges...

“Dust to dust”

Reading today from Genesis 2:4-25 and Genesis 3. “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust and to dust you shall return” Genesis 3:19 This verse comes from the book of...

“Reaffirm your love”

A reflection on 2 Corinthians 2:5-13 Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort...

“Return to me”

A reflection on Joel 2:12-17 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” The Lord does not want our riches. The Lord does not want our...

2012 Year in Review

Lots going on in 2012, and while I may not have been able to blog as often as I would have liked, I thank all of you for reading and conversing with me over the year. The blog has been busy, despite my lack of posting (especially in the final quarter) and here are...