I had been circling Psalm 130’s waiting words for three days. Returning to them. Re-reading them. Digging into them. Unable to shake them. And the next morning, I revisited them once again, this time turning to Charles Spurgeon’s collection of explanatory notes from various pastors, teachers, scholars, and theologians on the chapter. And once again, I found solace in the words.
Are you ready for a truth-bomb? When you are going through difficulty and wonder where God is, remember: the teacher is always quiet during the test. – Anonymous
Remember. It was the first word that came to me during a recent quiet time. And when it did, my mind flashed to this one particular journal from back in 2009 and those raw written words just four pages in and only two weeks into the brand new year. It ended with a verse in...
Back to school week. It’s a little different for everyone on the emotional scale. Some mothers are sending their little ones off for the first time through tears. Others are popping a bottle of champagne in the middle of the street as the school bus drives off. And then there’s the Bill Murrays waking up...
This. This whole blog. These words. These experiences. These lessons. They are my story. The interweaving of my experiences and sorrows and nuggets of truth dug up along the way are working together to create a robe of righteousness I never would have picked out for myself. And sharing them makes me uncomfortable. Because it’s...
