Confrontation comes easily to me. Confrontation easily lends itself to words that fall too soon to unsay. Words that will ring in ears for a lifetime. Words that are the opposite of God's clothing. I want my clothing to be this: Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, … Continue reading Confrontation, clothing, and shame
Let go and let God
I can only know Christ when all else is stripped from my soul, and I bow in the dust... desperate. Lost without him. Weak, helpless, dependent. If "let go and let God" means throwing myself into Jesus' arms... running to him and abandoning the idolatrous need for validation and affirmation from other things and other … Continue reading Let go and let God
At wits’ end
I've gone down to the sea to do business on great waters... waters too big for me (Psalm 107:23). I'm in over my head. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. I'm crying to the LORD day and night in my staggering. I know He … Continue reading At wits’ end
The duty of believing
From the book, Sanctification, or The Highway of Holiness, by Walter Marshall: If we put the question, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?" Christ resolveth it, "That we believe on Him whom He hath sent" (John 6: 28, 29). He putteth us first upon the work of believing which … Continue reading The duty of believing
At Rest In Him 