December 22, 2017
Advent is a time to wait. We wait, expectantly. We hope, even in the darkness. Especially in the darkness. During the 400 years of silence between the Old and New Testaments, the people trusted despite the hopelessness of their suffering. They couldn’t see a way out, but God saw them. His gaze penetrated the murkiness. […]
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Last in a series on Eternity. I love sunshine. Maybe I have Seasonal Affective Disorder, or maybe I just like the sun, but my mood is always lifted when the golden light breaks out after a dreary day. This Spring week in the South, we’ve had snow, sleet, sub-freezing temperatures, high winds, rain, and sunshine. Sunshine’s the best. […]
Read More →March 19, 2014
Fourth in a series on Eternity. Once when a group of Sadducees tried to trip Jesus up about heaven, He told them they were wrong about God. “He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” (Mark 12:27) We were created for eternity; made to live forever. I have a friend who loves to read biographies of […]
Read More →March 12, 2014
Third in a series on Eternity. I love the last moments of sleep when snatches of a dream float in and out of my mind, a dream so sweet I want to hold on to it and relive it. I don’t want to ever wake up. When God created us, He set eternity in our hearts. A […]
Read More →March 10, 2014
Second in a series on Eternity. Frederick Buechner once wrote, “Like Adam, we have all lost Paradise; and yet we carry Paradise around inside of us in the form of a longing for, almost a memory of, a blessedness that is no more, or the dream of a blessedness that may someday be again.” Have […]
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