A verse that was brought to mind several times over the course of last week.
Philippians 4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I will say rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be [...]
Archive for April, 2008
thou hast taught me to say, it is well with my soul
April 30, 2008
April 23, 2008
my ‘yes’ to God was a commitment, not just the feeling of a moment. I need to treat it as such…
Absolute Crap
April 17, 2008
a news report on the radio this morning:
A man who had been stalking a young woman was convicted of aggravated menacing (**unsure of exact charge**) and sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating a protection order, driving to the girl’s house and making 2 threatening phone calls to a second girl. The news reported [...]
April 15, 2008
i’m starting to neglect things I shouldn’t be… such as this blog. and the prayer and bible study behind it.
i feel fake.
i feel ashamed.
i feel dishonest.
i feel discontent.
i feel conflicted.
i feel like hiding… again.
i think…
“Repent, for the kingdom of God is near”
April 13, 2008
i never thought of it this way, the wasy it was described to me last sunday.”kingdom” refers to not just as fairytale place, far far away, but includes all aspects of God’s “kingness” the fact that he can be/will be/is ruler
. he can be your king. and how does God rule? with justice, mercy, love, [...]
Justification Through Faith
April 8, 2008
so, I flip through the radio stations in my car quite a bit, and every once and a while I catch this scottish guy teaching. I kept hearing his name wrong, cuz it sounded like “Alex Trebek” which I know isn’t right. I love his accent, and he has such a great sense of humor, [...]
Brain-dump
April 7, 2008
hm…
my mind is so scattered lately. so much is going on, i’m failing at keeping up with it all. I feel like I’m failing miserably in some ways, but I’m on top of the world and super-excited about other things going on, and super worried about even more stuff.
Things that seem so trivial, but get [...]
A Precious Gift
April 2, 2008
Luke 21:1-4 “He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. He said “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them contributed out of their abundance, but she [...]
