Have we forgotten? We seek and wade through the depths of life, but we leave the safety net behind while trying to tread with weights dangling from our ankles. People often say that we just need to dive in, safety nets are for cowards. Non-believers wouldn’t think to trust the Lord, and lazy Christians would… Read More Are We Intentional: A Lesson from Isaiah 41
Jesus once said: “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Mt. 12:34) We speak up for injustice, for mercy, and for right. Morally, politically, right, or wrong, we want our words to be heard for change, and for truth to abound. But no matter how many years you stand in the… Read More Looking for Integrity: How to Move Beyond Our Tongues
I have a heart condition. Don’t we all? Bitter hearts. Damaged hearts. Fatigued hearts. Hardened hearts. Hateful hearts. Lying hearts. Spiteful hearts. Jeremiah 17:9 ESV The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Sin has gotten us here. Even the diseased heart is of sin. Our perfected selves in the… Read More Heart Condition: Allowing the Great Healer to Break Us Free