“In our hurt lies the source of our healing. The bird with the broken and mended wing soars the highest. Where you stumble and fall, there you find the treasure.” –Sam Keene God will use this exact pain you are feeling right now to make you an overcomer and a healer of others. Without this […]
Deuteronomy 17:18-20 (MSG): “The first thing he [a leader] must do is make himself a copy of this Revelation….to remain at his side at all times; he is to study it every day so taht he may learn what it means to fear his God, living in reverant obedience….He must not become proud and arrogant, […]
“Marriage and family may provide the best hospital for our ancient wounds…” “The cry of life is ‘I deserve to be loved unconditionally.’ ” –Sam Keene 2 interesting quotes. I’ve always heard that marriage/family characterized as a laboratory (for creating something beautiful for the future), and now as a hospital (recovering from wounds of the past […]
Deuteronomy 14:26 (MSG) [After you have given God your tithe/first place], “you and your family can then feast in the Presence of God, your God, and have a good time.” A prayer for today: “My Father, this Scripture shows how much You want me to put you first place in my money, my affection, and […]
Deuteronomy 5:29 “What I wouldn’t give if they would always feel this way, continuing to revere Me and always keep all My commands; they’d have a good life forever, they and their children!” Deut. 5:32 “Don’t veer off to the right or left” I was digging hole for some shrub-planting alongside my new bride this […]
Deuteronomy 4:29 “If you seek God, your God, you’ll be able to find Him, if you’re serious, looking for Him with all your heart and soul…” God doesn’t play mindless games with us. “If you’d just look harder….” “If you’d just attend church more often…” “If you’d cry more….” He is pretty clear in this verse […]
Deuteronomy 4:9 “…Stay alert. Keep close watch over yourselves. Don’t forget anything of what you’ve seen. Don’t let your heart wander off. Stay vigilant….” It’s so easy to let your guard down. Obstacles to alertness/vigilance are busyness, complacency, pride, improper focus on others, fatigue, etc. So we are swimming upstream to stay battle-ready in this […]
“Any single relationship that is expected to fulfill every need will become claustrophobic, cloying, and swampy.” –Sam Keene The answer to the question above is “God.” I know, that’s always the “spiritual”, unromantic answer, but I’m serious! As I head into week 2 of being married to Laura Dyan, I am reminded by this quote that […]
Deuteronomy 1:29-33 “…to relieve your fears. Don’t be terrified…God, your God, is leading the way; He’s fighting for you. You saw what He did for you…how God, your God, carried you as a father carries His child, carried you the whole way until you arrived here…This same God Who goes ahead of you…” I lapse […]
Numbers 33:55 “But if you don’t drive out the native population, everyone you let stay there will become a cinder in your eye and a splinter in your foot. They’ll give you trouble right in your own backyards.” While in the times of the Bible, this was a literal directive from God to His people […]
