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God's Alignment
-(This blog was originally published in January 2020, when I had my last round of back problems and chiropractic treatment. I've had yet another recurrence in these aging bones. I wanted to revisit the wisdom found in the way God has fashioned our bodies and the way he "adjusts" us… Read More -
Majesty Streams Down, Praises Rise Up
-Lord, your name is so great and powerful! People everywhere see your splendor. Your glorious majesty streams from the heavens, Filling the earth with the fame of your name. You have built a stronghold by the songs of babies. Strength rises up with the chorus of singing children. This kind… Read More -
Abide, Abide, Abide
-The news is so discouraging and disheartening these days. So much suffering and anguish all around. I can only attend to little snippets of the noise at a time because national news stories provide so little hope, and no clear paths forward on solving any of the myriad problems we… Read More -
Sitting in the Ashes
-(I wrote this essay in 2018. It came to mind this week as I, with the rest of my state and nation, have had many troubled thoughts and feelings about the horrific evil perpetrated in Uvalde, Texas. We've observed people with strong opinions very quickly jump in and insist on… Read More -
Saved for a Purpose
-Often I’ve heard those who’ve had a close encounter with death speak reflectively about what they have learned from the experience. They may have heard a very frightening prognosis for a medical condition and then recovered against the odds. Or they had a near-fatal car accident, or almost drowned, or… Read More -
Suicide: What Scripture Says and Does Not Say
- -In thirty years of counseling in various places and contexts, I never personally experienced the suicide of a client. Until now. Strange that two weeks after seeing my last client and stepping into the new flow of retirement, I learned of the suicide of a client I had been seeing… Read More -
Accidental Rest
- -Recently a friend stayed with me while in town for a job interview. On her way back from the interview, her car broke down and she had it towed to a garage. We didn’t know that day that she would wind up stranded and staying as our house guest for… Read More -
Seeing the Invisible
- -The title for this blog is an oxymoron, a contradiction within itself. It’s a riddle to be solved. This is not my own creation but is a figure of speech lifted directly from the Scriptures. When I ran across it in my reading, I wondered if Scripture itself could help… Read More -
Duty to Joy
- -As I was doing my devotional reading in 2 Corinthians and asking for new light this week, the thought that emerged was that as believers we have a duty to joy. We are to bring joyful praises to God. We are to experience joy that strengthens us in our walk… Read More -
Holding on and Letting Go
-(I'm sharing this from a post from way back in 2018, and it came to mind as I still experience this today--God's tender love and patience with me as I'm still holding on to the things he wants me to eventually surrender...) Last week was trying for me, at work… Read More -
What Doors Will You Open or Shut This Year?
- -All my life, and especially since I embarked on the path of the serious writer, I have been drawn to metaphor in a big way. This is how the Holy Spirit often communicates deep things to me--in figurative, metaphorical phrases and images. Metaphors are one way that Scripture comes to… Read More -
Loneliness and Belonging
- -I wasn’t planning to write about loneliness this week. But as I was preparing to lead a couple of recovery groups, the Lord led me to it, and I became curious about how Scripture comes to life on the topic of loneliness as an aspect of human suffering. Scripture attests… Read More
The Scripture Comes to Life Blog
One of my greatest joys is reading and studying the Bible. While I do so, I pray that God will give me supernatural insight I’ve never seen or heard preached before. He has faithfully done so. A teacher at heart, my study is driven by a desire to teach and share the wonderful truths he reveals.
I’ve written on a wide variety of themes and topics. The blogs are searchable by topic and with keywords.
As you read, may Scripture come to life for you in many marvelous and helpful ways.