On Taking The Thoughts Captive…

2 Corinthians 10:5-6:
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
from http://www.randallgrier.org/files/Lesson_15.pdf, p.2:
When wrong thoughts persist in staying, start speaking the Word, never try to wage a silent mental battle. Take your [...]

Wise Winnie

 
Here’s an insightful Pooh quote :
“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.”
The House at Pooh Corner

photo from: http://winniesphotoblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/jws_winnie_the_pooh_classic_with_butterfly.jpg

Forgiveness

The Attitude
and from A List Worth Keeping: “Perhaps, then, the unforgiveness in my heart is a symptom of a larger problem: that I have forgotten just how much forgiveness God granted me, and at how great a price!”
Interesting point. Reminds me of 2 Peter 1, where soon after a bunch of good qualities are listed, [...]

An Official Fiancee.

That I am. It became official Saturday on our Lopez Island adventure.
Both Steve and I are fairly open people, so it’s pretty cool he was able to remain low key most of the day without sprinking  blatant hints in every conversation. I’d been considering various potential ‘clues’ as to whether or not the engagement would be Saturday. We were hoping to marry [...]

Shufflin’ to my shuffle…

So this morning I was not in the best of spirits, but I ended up going on a long run, and I was listening to some preaching by Stephen Armstrong on Colossians during a lot of the time.  It was good for my mind. It would probably have been better if I’d stopped my iPod [...]

Countdown for what?

So on a quarterly calendar paper posted above a desk I frequently use at work are a number of colorful Xs (my co-worker’s), many of which loudly override my measly pencil or penned in Xs underneath. For each week there is a different color X-ing off the days. And we’re now into the 2nd cycle of colors [...]

Little messages.

If God leaves us little ‘post-it’ notes, perhaps one for me is to remember my sin is first and foremost against Him.
Okay, so I have many sins, but one  weird, but very real, one of them is to overfocus on my words and break the law of love in trying to correct and clarify what I [...]

Reflections

I like that Suzanne Hadley attached the word ‘reflections’ to the concept of the earthly mirroring the spiritual:
I’ve been thinking a lot about reflections recently. The way marriage reflects Christ’s relationship with the church. The way families reflect the trinity. The way the Body of Christ reflects the unity of God.
It is quite amazing to [...]

Lady Wisdom

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge
hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance
Hear
forsake not
graceful garland
pendants
Wisdom cries aloud in the street
receive my words
treasure up my commandments
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice [...]

Do pets sin?

This morning I found that the inside of my left black shoe was pretty roughed up. My dear Selah terror (actually she’s a sweetheart, though a chewy [she'll embrace skin with her teeth] type of one) may very well be the culprit. Now if she truly is guilty, is she really…guilty? Did she act out of anger or [...]