Being a Christian and being set apart from the world involves much more than merely modifying or abstaining from some behaviors. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: love
Listen For Love
In our selfish desire for what we think we need, we miss everything that God is pouring out. Love is His heartbeat. Everything we know of it, all the ways that we have learned to show it, are pale imitations of everything He is. [Click title to read more.]
When There’s No Response
Reach out. Don't forget, and don't let go. [Click title to read more.]
The Mystery of Mysteries
One look at the nightmarish scrawl that humanity has left on its history will leave you stunned by the fact that God could love any of us at all. [Click title to read more.]
God Of The Sparrows
In May of 2017 in a garden-variety suburb in a garden-variety state in America, a country which contains 321 million people, in a world which contains around 7 billion people, a starling died in a dryer vent and God noticed. His authority and His power do not render Him distant even from the smallest details. [Click title to read more.]
Act From Love Immediately. Postpone Actions Motivated By Anything Else.
Love immediately, and delay everything that doesn't come from love. [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Normalize Love
Little things matter. They are the heartbeat of love in daily life. [Click title to read more.]
No, Life Isn’t Fair. But We Can Try To Tip The Scales.
Although the world is fundamentally cursed and unfair and we have to reconcile ourselves to that, we also need to think about the fact that we are the ones who can make it a little less unfair. [Click title to read more.]
What It Looks Like To Forget God
Yes, in a world that has forgotten God, sin will reign. And in a world that has forgotten God, love will be dead, too - along with mercy, and compassion, and forgiveness. [Click title to read more.]
He Is There. Because He Wants To Be.
I marvel perpetually at God and His endless, endless patience for our shenanigans. [Click title to read more.]