Obsession is an extreme state that blocks out everything else, puts us in a rigid box that interferes with our ability to hear God’s soft and quiet voice in our heart, disconnects us from God’s nourishment. Even when we are obsessed with a good thing. Obsession is not the same as faith in the living… Read More
Colossians 2:16-17 The core
What is the core of my life? If I were to write a mission statement for the next year, what would be the central theme that I base my living on? What inspires my day-to-day actions, words, and thoughts? Colossians 2:16-17 (New Living Translation) So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or… Read More
Is your default setting a heart of stone?
For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them. Matthew 13:15 (NIV) If you are a Bible reader, you will recognize both descriptions of humankind below:… Read More
Colossians 2:1-3 You are not in this alone.
We are all–individuals and churches–woven into God’s tapestry of love. We pray for each other, we work for each other, we love each other–all in God’s plan and all in His hands. Colossians 2:1-3 (The Message) I want you to realize that I continue to work as hard as I know how for… Read More
Colossians 1:26-29 The secret is uncovered
The mystery is revealed. I accept Christ as my Lord and Savior and He sends his Holy Spirit to live in me. I am a temple of the Lord. Is it a flickering pilot light or do I fuel and fan the flames with praise, prayer, and communing with God through His word? Be my… Read More
Colossians 1:16-17 Ebenezer
God is beyond my understanding. God is beyond anything we can ever hope to comprehend. He IS. And God–our creator–loves us as a family and as individuals in that family. He loves you. He loves me. We have His promise of that love. And in hard times I cling to that promise, look back on… Read More
Has technology helped us to become better?
A character in The Truth Teller by Angel Hunt is pretty disgusted with the state of the human race. He says: “… By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has created an abyss of boredom and stupidity that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations ever plumbed. The average blue-collar worker has… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 