Psalm 16:8 I know the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. I feel pretty shaky a lot these days. Between proposed education bills that would base my livelihood on the motivation that my students have to strive to do better and congress pushing huge bills…
Tag Archive: God’s love
Come Closer
Psalm 10:1 O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I need you the most? For some reason I feel empty this morning. Maybe because after all the rush and chaos of the last few weeks getting ready for our inaugural gala there’s nothing left to do (it’s over)…
Forgetting – Me vs. God
Psalm 24: 3-4 Who may climb the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies. Wow, this is a tall order. There are a lot of days (okay, most days) when I feel like I’m…
From Trash Heap to Palace Halls
Psalm 113:7 and he lifts the poor from the dirt and the needy from the garbage dump. Just because God is God, it doesn’t mean that we don’t have trouble. Even in this verse there are poor who are in the dirt and needy in the garbage dump. Actually, in some ways I feel like…
Live by Trust
Galations 2:20 I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. This is one of those verses that is very deep and is often quoted in Christian circles. The part…
Loving Others
2 Corinthians 5:16 So we have stopped evaluating others by what the world thinks about them. Once I mistakenly thought of Christ that way, as though he were merely a human being. How differently I think about him now! The first part of this verse caught my attention. It’s a good reminder that we are…
Big Brother is Watching You
2 Corinthians 4:9 We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. I am feeling hunted this morning. At work I feel like “Big Brother” is watching every move I make so he can pounce on any small mistake to use against me….
Useless
1 Corinthians 15:58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord’s work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. There are a lot of times when I feel like the things I do are useless and don’t seem to make a difference….
Just Love
Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all of God’s requirements. Love. It pretty much sums up the entire Bible and all of Christianity in one word. Not that Christ followers are always very good at loving others. Clearly that’s not true or we wouldn’t have a somewhat tarnished reputation (tele-evangelists…
Simplicity & Stubbornness
Romans 10:3 For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Instead, they are clinging to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. They won’t go along with God’s way. Man! Isn’t this the human way to do things? God has a way for us…
