...mortality swallowed up by life.What powerful poetry! Ponder that thought. 17th Century poet, John Donne wrote the sonnet: "Death Be Not Proud" that begins and ends thus:Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrowDie not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me....One short sleep past, we wake eternally...  Read More

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. -1 John 5:14-15  Read More

We do not give up...From the beginning to the end of Paul's conversation in 2 Corinthians 4, we are reminded why we don't give up...it is because of God's mercy, because of His presence in these 'jars of clay', because He chooses to work in and through us in the midst of opposition and aging showing us His face, because of the incredible hope of eternity, the heavenly weight of glory that far exce...  Read More

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13  Read More

Glorious (2 Corinthians 3:7-11; 17-18)The giving of the Law brought glory, even though it ultimately condemned us. More glorious, however, is the tearing of the veil that opened for us an entrance to the Mercy Seat. Also, the cross of Christ that made possible the indwelling presence of God through the Holy Spirit...glorious. Living in that Presence and growing into Jesus' likeness, that too, is i...  Read More

I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord.Repeat them in our day,    in our time make them known;    in wrath remember mercy.-Habakkuk 3:2  Read More