Today I refer you to Skip Moen’s website to read his post. It’s awesome! Below are my comments on his post: I think that fleeing is especially hard today because we’re taught to be strong and self-sufficient and to fight for what we deem to be “right.” Fleeing takes humility, the ability to admit I…
Tag Archive: God’s strength
Strength
Psalm 63:8 My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me. The Hebrew here really pulls the meaning of this out: My whole being (nephesh means “living being” – it’s where the soul, emotions, passions, will, and intellect reside – those things that make me human) follows closely after. Your right hand right hand…
Deliberate
Psalm 63:2-6 (2) Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. (3) Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You. (4) So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. (5) My soul is…
Not Shaken, Not Stirred
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…
Faith and Frustration
Psalm 43:5 Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again– my Savior and my God! I know that my husband is really feeling discouraged right now. His job is chewing him up and spitting him out mercilessly. He’s frustrated with it and is finding…
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….
Food Poisoning and the Fear of the Lord
Jeremiah 10:23-24 I know, Lord, that a person’s life is not his own. No one is able to plan his own course. So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die. Ok, I know you’re thinking, what does food poisoning have to do with anything? Nothing,…
Looking Forward
Phillipians 3:12No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is…
Hurting Ourselves
Jeremiah 7:19“Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the Lord. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.” This verse made me think of our culture. We go around pretending that there is no God or that He is impersonal and uninterested in our lives. It gives us a feeling that we…
Love and Trembling
Jeremiah 5:22Do you have no respect for me? Why do you not tremble in my presence? I often think of God as a loving, Abba Father, whose lap I can snuggle into and be safe and warm. And this is true of Him. But He is also Almight God, Judge of humanity. He does love…
