What is your only comfort in life and in death? Answer: That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over …
This Is Helpful
From the ESV Study Bible's Introduction to Ecclesiastes (italics/bold mine):One can see the Preacher’s most distinctive contribution from the way he uses the term “find out” (see note on 3:11). Every human being wants to find out and understand all the ways of God in the world, but he cannot, because he is not God. …
I have seen his face
There is a story often attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson of a ship caught in a dreadful storm off a rocky coast. The hurricane winds, driving rain, and heaving waves threatened to drive the ship and its passengers into destruction. In the midst of the terror, one daring man pulled himself up the slippery stairs …
Ambition
I'm making my way through Dave Harvey's Rescuing Ambition. It's been really great at getting to the heart of ambition and make distinctions that tease apart what godly vs. selfish ambition looks like. It's been great for me in terms of how I've been wrestling with reconciling the voices that say "COME ON, DO IT …
Anxiety Wants To Be God
Anxiety is one of my biggest struggles. I didn't used to think so, but reflecting back in my life, fear and anxiety have been constant themes. Most of the time, they manifest in physical symptoms. I used to get stomachaches all the time when I was in elementary school (usually Sunday nights before the school …
Keeping Heart 