“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 I had to change out a circuit breaker this past week. It meant that I had to go to the side of my house—the one where the mechanical elements are located. It’s the side I don’t …
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:17 There is a story of a man who came up to Martin Luther asking how he could serve the Lord. Luther asked the man, “What is your work now?” The man replied, …
Do you look around? Do you see the people around you? Perspective is the mash-up of two words. “Peri” is the word for “around.” Think perimeter. And “Spective” is “to look.” Think spectacles. Perspective is about the ability to see all around you. To see–not to just look. My family took an epic RV trip last summer. We were on …
God’s Timing ≠ My Timing Waiting is hard. In the waiting time, it is easy to question God’s faithfulness. One thing that has been made abundantly clear over the last year of my life is that my timing does not equal God’s timing. Of course, I’ve always had an awareness of this fact. But, painfully, this maxim has incarnated itself …
