Currently viewing the category: "Good News"

When I sin back.

By On May 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

When she sins against me and I react without grace it’s because of her. Or at least, that’s what I tell myself. After all, I wouldn’t be bitter or angry or frustrated if she hadn’t…

But James has something different to say:

James asks the question, “What causes fights [...]

Continue Reading →

When she sins against me.

By On May 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I hate it when she doesn’t listen. talks about me. forgets. is late. tries to control me. says things like that. has unreasonable expectations.

And I react. And my reaction isn’t gracious.

My reaction is the thoughts that go through my mind even as I smile at her. It’s when [...]

Continue Reading →

Am I adorning myself or the gospel?

By On May 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment

When my adorning comes from my physical appearance it puts me on display and asks people to admire me. It is so natural for me to adorn myself and to promote myself. It is the way that seems right, but leads to death.

But a gentle and quiet spirit and following Sarah’s example of submission [...]

Continue Reading →

The news is still good on Monday.

By On April 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I cannot fathom the magnitude of the empty grave. It is so transcendent that I often fail to see that it is the same news I need to hear when the alarm clock goes off before I want to get out of bed on Monday morning.

Life is full of mundane difficulties: lack of sleep, [...]

Continue Reading →

How the Proverbs 31 Woman brings me to Christ.

By On March 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I don’t know a woman who walks away from the Proverbs 31 Woman completely encouraged. Somewhere in the poem I realize that I fall quite short of the type of woman she is. And I realize I do not just fall short of an arbitrary standard, I fall short of something rare and beautiful.

[...]

Continue Reading →