It began almost 2 years ago. The holidays were over and, like a bad toothache, it hit me hard right out of the middle of nowhere, wrapping itself around my soul, smacking me hard in the face. Like a ton of bricks, unstoppable fear and anxiety overwhelmed me completely. I’ve always been the strong one, the …
Suffering
Job and The Deeper Deeps or How to See God
Job is the one character, the one book, most of us wish was not in the bible. We don’t ever want to consider his lot falling to us. Don’t even go there. It’s a hard story with hard truth and some of it is hard to grasp. But, The God Dare is in the Job story too. Job was one of the biblical ‘good guys’ in fact he was,
“..blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.” Job 1:1.
A description befitting most of you reading this. You’re good right?
Educated into Intimacy
You’re being educated.
Educated in intimacy-the hardest, the most glorious thing. Think about this: the savior of the world, the maker of stars, the Son of the morning, the Dayspring from on high, the Rose of Sharon, and King of Kings-He wants intimacy and oneness with you. And with me. Impossibly possible and wonderful.