Sonshine for your soul
Posted in endurance on Jan 22nd, 2015
Nobody likes going through hard times.
Losing your job stinks.
Losing a cherished relationship stinks.
Losing a physical capability — even temporarily — stinks.
Gaining a chronic illness stinks.
Gaining an abrasive, morally insensitive co-worker stinks, particularly when his or her desk is adjacent to yours.
The list could go on, of course.
But […]
Posted in Patience on Jan 7th, 2015
God is incredibly gracious.
As in gracious far beyond what you and I could imagine.
If anyone ever tells you that they doubt His grace, please sit down with them and discuss Genesis 16-17.
Genesis 16 describes an incredibly foolish and faithless decision by Abram (Abraham before God changed his name) and his wife Sarai (Sarah before […]
Posted in love on Dec 4th, 2014
If our love for another is contingent upon what they first do for us, then we have a vocabulary problem.
You see, we’re not showing “love” to the person.
Instead, we’re making a deal with the person.
“You do for me and then I will do for you.”
This attitude shows love alright, but it is […]
Posted in obdeience on Dec 3rd, 2014
Living the Christian life isn’t complicated.
It’s just not easy.
Being faithful is never about brainpower.
But it is about willpower.
As in deciding we WILL obey God’s will.
“And this is His commandment: We must believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He […]
Posted in promises on Nov 4th, 2014
The Lord never changes His mind about loving us.
Let’s never change our mind about loving Him.
“God also bound Himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that He would never change His mind.” (Hebrews 6:17)
Jesus living and dying for us is proof that God keeps promises.
Our living […]
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Martin Drummond