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4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted - Matthew 5:4 The Beatitudes of Jesus are essentially nine blessings found in the most unusual places. They run counter to what we often cling to as being strength. In many ways, the teachings of Jesus are foreign to us. This is for our … Continue reading The Comfort Found in Mourning →

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven - Matthew 5:3 There are nine "blessed" statements that make up the Beatitudes of Jesus. Perhaps there are no more powerful teaching than His sermon from the Mount. In these words, we hear the heart of our Lord as well as … Continue reading Back to the Upside Down Teaching of Jesus →

“It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes [and fears] for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, … Continue reading Morning Vulnerabilities →

16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” … Continue reading Being a Father; Being a Son →

24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. - Romans 7:24-25 Recently I have felt more melancholy than … Continue reading Chick Fil-A and This Daily Sorrow →

so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us - Psalm 123:2b May our eyes be found to be satisfied resting in His image. When He returns, may we be the first to see Him. It is in these times of frustration and struggle that our gaze lowers and … Continue reading Hope and Televised Despair →

You can never go back. Recently I found myself in a familiar town with a sort of haunted past. It is the sort of place you associate tidal waves of feelings and memories to, and they come rushing back immediately following that first fateful city limit breath. The boundaries are far enough away not to … Continue reading You Can Never Go Back →

3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths . . . - 2 Timothy 4:3-4 The message of Christ is … Continue reading Is My Truth True? →