Offended Soul
“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” Prov. 19:11 I had an interesting moment when I happened to come across a friend’s note to me where she said. “…resting in God, you will be able to get hurt and still care more about the other person than your […]
Broken Soul
The “beyond within”- our inner workings Often quite a mixed pond of murkings With parts so crystal clear and gleamings Of freedom from old and putrid holdings; Other parts rippled with stirrings of teeming New life and struggle to grow into meaning Afar the diseased corner, sludge-afflicted Where deficit shows and care neglected Hidden […]
Tenacious Soul
“Suffering, like nothing else, shows us what we really love.” Matt Papa A beautiful and sweetly raw post by Carolyn B as her 3 ½ year old daughter, Ruby starts her 4th phase of chemo on 8/6/16. You are teaching us all in your pain. Thank you for taking the time and energy to […]
Great Soul
“He stoops to make me great…” (2 Samuel 22:36) God changes us and rearranges us as He stoops to make us great. We really are very ordinary. We are just broken vessels. As we let Him break us from sin and the negative pull of this world, more of His glory shines through. We are […]
Soul Delight
“If your word had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.” Ps. 119:92 “They are not just idle words for you, they are your life…” Deut. 32:47 “The word – living and active” in us… Heb. 4:12 I’ve started a list of descriptions in Scriptures of what a mature believer looks […]
Soul Warrior
I’m resonating with this post, so wanted to share. Beth Moore on spiritual warfare: “The enemy comes for you. Of course, some of you aren’t calling it spiritual warfare yet because that’s what the older generation called it and you want to be cooler than that. [:)] You had sort-of become convinced that the devil was […]
Talking Soul
Talk to yourself English heart surgeon Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, “Most unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself rather than talking to yourself.” “What kind of voices do you hear? When you meet people do you tell yourself they’ll let you down? When you face new experiences does a […]
Disconnected Soul
We’re meant for community, shared lives, regularity, rhythm. For us, in our travels we have managed to keep good routine and rhythm, but the consistent shared lives with others, we miss. I’ve described the feeling to friends as “nomadic disconnectedness.” 🙂 There’s sweet connectedness sporadically, and a semblance of connection through social media […]
Soul Expectations
I kind of expect that when very competent and capable people give up their lives and loves for the sake of the gospel, take their young family and painstakingly spend years and make a home in an obscure and difficult place, there will be open doors, much fruit. Sometimes there are. Other times there are […]
Soul Rainbow
(Thoughts after PS, teaching elder at Sojo’s church, led us into Noah’s life in Genesis 8 & 9) 600 years strong, Noah was. His “right” heart before God kept God from wiping out the whole race in his fury. (Gen. 6:7,8) Noah was a rock! He diligently obeyed for many years while withstanding ridicule & […]