July 12, 2025
These thoughts are from today's reading from Lectio 365.
Christian conviction is that history is ultimately not cyclical but linear. We are not lost in the woods, walking in circles but we are en route towards a divine destination – the return of Jesus and the new heaven and new earth. The imagery here in Revelation is that of a wedding – a people of God prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. A dwelling place – the new Jerusalem – where they can dwell together, where he can wipe the tears from her eyes and invite her into the new, eternal reality in his presence, where there is no more death, mourning, crying, or pain.
If I live with this eternal reality in view, I’m filled with courage, faith and hope. My light and momentary affliction is preparing for me an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as I look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:17–18, ESVUK)
I pause for a moment and orient myself, reflecting on where I find myself in this particular moment: not only situationally, but physically, emotionally and spiritually as well. I am here.
Utilising my imagination, I then look towards my final destination.
Jesus, give me grace and strength for the journey, hope and help to endure, and expectancy and joy as I see your day approaching.
These thoughts are from today's reading from Lectio 365.
Christian conviction is that history is ultimately not cyclical but linear. We are not lost in the woods, walking in circles but we are en route towards a divine destination – the return of Jesus and the new heaven and new earth. The imagery here in Revelation is that of a wedding – a people of God prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. A dwelling place – the new Jerusalem – where they can dwell together, where he can wipe the tears from her eyes and invite her into the new, eternal reality in his presence, where there is no more death, mourning, crying, or pain.
If I live with this eternal reality in view, I’m filled with courage, faith and hope. My light and momentary affliction is preparing for me an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as I look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:17–18, ESVUK)
I pause for a moment and orient myself, reflecting on where I find myself in this particular moment: not only situationally, but physically, emotionally and spiritually as well. I am here.
Utilising my imagination, I then look towards my final destination.
Jesus, give me grace and strength for the journey, hope and help to endure, and expectancy and joy as I see your day approaching.
July 11, 2025
We can live in one of two ways, with two different perspectives and approaches to life: to be grateful for the lives that God has ordained for us, or to be envious of the lives that God has ordained for others.
Today, and everyday, I will choose gratitude, and I will rejoice in the life that He has wisely, lovingly, and sovereignly ordained for me.
"Dear God, You who are the Living God, the Creator, the Sustainer, and the Lord of the universe, I am humbled to think that, in the vastness of space and in the vastness of humanity, You personally invite me to come and follow You. You take up residence within me. You bring forgiveness and love and purpose to my life. May I so linger with You and get to know You that nothing of this world will motivate me, only the Christ who lives in me and loves me. And in whose gracious name I pray. Amen."
Another thought for today:
"And it is important for us to remember that, at its heart, the Christian life is a love affair. It is not a straightedge to try to measure up to or a long “to do” list for us to accomplish, but a love affair with God: He pours His love into us, He focuses His affections upon us, and we come to love Him with more and more of our being. And the more I am with Him—the more time I am abiding in the Scriptures and abiding with Him—the more I take on His character as well as His passions for my life and ministry. And our own relationships teach us this principle."
We can live in one of two ways, with two different perspectives and approaches to life: to be grateful for the lives that God has ordained for us, or to be envious of the lives that God has ordained for others.
Today, and everyday, I will choose gratitude, and I will rejoice in the life that He has wisely, lovingly, and sovereignly ordained for me.
"Dear God, You who are the Living God, the Creator, the Sustainer, and the Lord of the universe, I am humbled to think that, in the vastness of space and in the vastness of humanity, You personally invite me to come and follow You. You take up residence within me. You bring forgiveness and love and purpose to my life. May I so linger with You and get to know You that nothing of this world will motivate me, only the Christ who lives in me and loves me. And in whose gracious name I pray. Amen."
Another thought for today:
"And it is important for us to remember that, at its heart, the Christian life is a love affair. It is not a straightedge to try to measure up to or a long “to do” list for us to accomplish, but a love affair with God: He pours His love into us, He focuses His affections upon us, and we come to love Him with more and more of our being. And the more I am with Him—the more time I am abiding in the Scriptures and abiding with Him—the more I take on His character as well as His passions for my life and ministry. And our own relationships teach us this principle."
July 8, 2025
Who or what is sitting on the throne of my heart? Have I given Jesus full rule and reign in me or do I resist bowing my knee?
Holy Spirit, help me to see whatever resistance I may have to your leadership in my life. Perhaps it’s disappointment, past hurts or fear. Maybe there are other things that I currently want more than your lordship. Reveal to me the goodness of your rule and reign, and may your government and peace increase in and through me, I pray.
Who or what is sitting on the throne of my heart? Have I given Jesus full rule and reign in me or do I resist bowing my knee?
Holy Spirit, help me to see whatever resistance I may have to your leadership in my life. Perhaps it’s disappointment, past hurts or fear. Maybe there are other things that I currently want more than your lordship. Reveal to me the goodness of your rule and reign, and may your government and peace increase in and through me, I pray.
July 6, 2025
Look upon me, O Lord, and let all the darkness of my soul vanish before the beams of your brightness. Fill me with holy love, and open to me the treasures of your wisdom. All my desire is known to you, therefore perfect what you have begun, and what your Spirit has awakened me to ask in prayer. I seek your face, turn your face to me and show me your glory. Then my longing shall be satisfied, and my peace shall be perfect.
May this day bring Sabbath rest to my heart and my home. May God’s image in me be restored, and my imagination in God be re-storied. May the gravity of material things be lightened, and the relativity of time slow down. May I know grace to embrace my own finite smallness in the arms of God’s infinite greatness. May God’s Word feed me and His Spirit lead me into the week and into the life to come.
Look upon me, O Lord, and let all the darkness of my soul vanish before the beams of your brightness. Fill me with holy love, and open to me the treasures of your wisdom. All my desire is known to you, therefore perfect what you have begun, and what your Spirit has awakened me to ask in prayer. I seek your face, turn your face to me and show me your glory. Then my longing shall be satisfied, and my peace shall be perfect.
May this day bring Sabbath rest to my heart and my home. May God’s image in me be restored, and my imagination in God be re-storied. May the gravity of material things be lightened, and the relativity of time slow down. May I know grace to embrace my own finite smallness in the arms of God’s infinite greatness. May God’s Word feed me and His Spirit lead me into the week and into the life to come.
June 12, 2025
If you want an app to help you pray- to help you stop and spend time with God- then I highly recommend this app called "Lectio 365". It's available for both iPhones and Androids. Here's the link below:
https://www.24-7prayer.com/resource/lectio-365/
It has helped me to have "God-awareness" through the day, as it is easy to functionally forget about God as I go through the day. The thought of praying 3 times a day might seem daunting at first. But if you look at it as a way to "check in and connect with God", as a way to stop and remember God, it feels different. I find myself looking forward to it, as a time of rest to enjoy, not dread it as a duty to be done.
I have been using it for about 10 days or so, and already, I see a different in how I go through the day. I am eager to see what difference it will make after 30 days.
If you want an app to help you pray- to help you stop and spend time with God- then I highly recommend this app called "Lectio 365". It's available for both iPhones and Androids. Here's the link below:
https://www.24-7prayer.com/resource/lectio-365/
It has helped me to have "God-awareness" through the day, as it is easy to functionally forget about God as I go through the day. The thought of praying 3 times a day might seem daunting at first. But if you look at it as a way to "check in and connect with God", as a way to stop and remember God, it feels different. I find myself looking forward to it, as a time of rest to enjoy, not dread it as a duty to be done.
I have been using it for about 10 days or so, and already, I see a different in how I go through the day. I am eager to see what difference it will make after 30 days.
June 9, 2025
This week, we are praying for North Korea. This quote from the prayer guidebook broke me.
"After coming to faith, they gathered secretly and worshiped together in silence. To minimize the risk of getting caught with a Bible, they memorized scripture and taught it to one another."
I want to weep. Because their faith is so precious. Because they treasure God's Word so much. Because they know a depth of fellowship that most of us will never know. Because we take worship and the Word for granted, and their preciousness are lost on us.
O God, have mercy on North Korea, and have mercy on us.
This week, we are praying for North Korea. This quote from the prayer guidebook broke me.
"After coming to faith, they gathered secretly and worshiped together in silence. To minimize the risk of getting caught with a Bible, they memorized scripture and taught it to one another."
I want to weep. Because their faith is so precious. Because they treasure God's Word so much. Because they know a depth of fellowship that most of us will never know. Because we take worship and the Word for granted, and their preciousness are lost on us.
O God, have mercy on North Korea, and have mercy on us.
June 4, 2025
"If the essential ingredient of meaning in life is the experience of connection and contribution, then part of the magic of life in our organizations and communities lies in the human capacity to generate many forms of its expression. Meaning derives from finding ways, rather than any one particular way, to love, to contribute to the worldly enterprise, to enhance the quality of life for people around you."
This quote is from the book "Leadership on the Line", and it is not a "Christian book." But it is full of common grace wisdom, and I think there are some clear applications for our life together as a church-family. What the book calls our human need for "connection and contribution", I have called our need "to be known and needed." Same idea.
So, in what practical ways are you connecting with and contributing to others in our church-family? In what ways are you "being known and needed"? Without experiencing those two things, the church will never feel like a family of love.
"If the essential ingredient of meaning in life is the experience of connection and contribution, then part of the magic of life in our organizations and communities lies in the human capacity to generate many forms of its expression. Meaning derives from finding ways, rather than any one particular way, to love, to contribute to the worldly enterprise, to enhance the quality of life for people around you."
This quote is from the book "Leadership on the Line", and it is not a "Christian book." But it is full of common grace wisdom, and I think there are some clear applications for our life together as a church-family. What the book calls our human need for "connection and contribution", I have called our need "to be known and needed." Same idea.
So, in what practical ways are you connecting with and contributing to others in our church-family? In what ways are you "being known and needed"? Without experiencing those two things, the church will never feel like a family of love.
May 31, 2025
I love this quote from James K. Smith
"The opposite of ambition is not humility; it is sloth, passivity, timidity, and complacency. We sometimes like to comfort ourselves by imagining that the ambitious are prideful and arrogant so that those of us who never risk, never aspire, never launch out into the deep get to wear the moralizing mantle of humility. But this imagining is often just thin cover for a lack of courage, even laziness.”
I love this quote from James K. Smith
"The opposite of ambition is not humility; it is sloth, passivity, timidity, and complacency. We sometimes like to comfort ourselves by imagining that the ambitious are prideful and arrogant so that those of us who never risk, never aspire, never launch out into the deep get to wear the moralizing mantle of humility. But this imagining is often just thin cover for a lack of courage, even laziness.”
May 30, 2025
It's been a little while since my post reflection! I'd like to share a short prayer that I came across this morning that really blessed and encouraged me with hope.
Everlasting God, I can now be confident: Jesus' ascension into heaven is a guarantee of my life with you; and the sent Spirit is a similar guarantee of your life with us. Both are like rings, promises of a coming wedding party that I anticipate every week in the church's worship. and so I pray, 'Come, Lord Jesus, come."
It's been a little while since my post reflection! I'd like to share a short prayer that I came across this morning that really blessed and encouraged me with hope.
Everlasting God, I can now be confident: Jesus' ascension into heaven is a guarantee of my life with you; and the sent Spirit is a similar guarantee of your life with us. Both are like rings, promises of a coming wedding party that I anticipate every week in the church's worship. and so I pray, 'Come, Lord Jesus, come."
May 2, 2025
There are days when there is so much to do, and so many things important things at stake, that I feel like I need to rush and run into the day and get to work.
But those are the days that I need most to slow down, and even stop, to commune with God. When I need to be still- and remember that He is God and that I'm not. And having rested in the presence of my Heavenly Father in an unhurried way, and being assured of His presence with me, I can move into the day with an awareness of His presence with me and for me. And that changes everything- from the slower speed with which I go through the day, to how I want to interact with people (see them and love them), but most of all, to how I experience the day itself- either on my own and in my own strength, or with God and in the strength that He provides.
Martin Luther once said something like "I'm too busy not to pray." I remember rolling my eyes at that when I was younger. Now, it seems like one of the wisest things I have ever heard.
There are days when there is so much to do, and so many things important things at stake, that I feel like I need to rush and run into the day and get to work.
But those are the days that I need most to slow down, and even stop, to commune with God. When I need to be still- and remember that He is God and that I'm not. And having rested in the presence of my Heavenly Father in an unhurried way, and being assured of His presence with me, I can move into the day with an awareness of His presence with me and for me. And that changes everything- from the slower speed with which I go through the day, to how I want to interact with people (see them and love them), but most of all, to how I experience the day itself- either on my own and in my own strength, or with God and in the strength that He provides.
Martin Luther once said something like "I'm too busy not to pray." I remember rolling my eyes at that when I was younger. Now, it seems like one of the wisest things I have ever heard.
April 26, 2025
From the Leader's Journey, page 203.
Confession and Self-Examination
From the Leader's Journey, page 203.
Confession and Self-Examination
"Self-examination is a process whereby God's Spirit opens our hearts to what is true about us. This is not the same thing as a neurotic shame-inducing inventory. Instead, it is a way of opening ourselves to God within the safety of God's love so that we can authentically seek transformation.
Confession embraces Christ's gifts of forgiveness and restoration while setting us on the path to renewal and change. In the presence of God, ask yourself, "Whom have I injured recently through thoughtlessness, neglect, anger (etc.)?" Ask for God's grace and guidance as you seek to clean up that mess and restore that relationship.
Confession embraces Christ's gifts of forgiveness and restoration while setting us on the path to renewal and change. In the presence of God, ask yourself, "Whom have I injured recently through thoughtlessness, neglect, anger (etc.)?" Ask for God's grace and guidance as you seek to clean up that mess and restore that relationship.
Ask some of your family and close friends to help you see your blind spots. Ask questions like, "What do I do that hurts you? How could I better love you?" Let their answers guide you in a time of confession.
Enter a covenant group or an accountability relationship where you cannot hide. Tell the truth about who you are, and ask your partners) to pray for you and help you change.
Imagine the kind of person you would like to become in your old age. Then look at your life and assess whether the way you live now is preparing you to become this person.
Enter a covenant group or an accountability relationship where you cannot hide. Tell the truth about who you are, and ask your partners) to pray for you and help you change.
Imagine the kind of person you would like to become in your old age. Then look at your life and assess whether the way you live now is preparing you to become this person.
Confess where you need to change. Ask God and your community for help."
Re-read that line in bold about imagining the kind of person you would like to become in your old age. That might be one of the greatest nuggets of wisdom I have ever heard. I want to take it to heart, and I hope you will too.
Re-read that line in bold about imagining the kind of person you would like to become in your old age. That might be one of the greatest nuggets of wisdom I have ever heard. I want to take it to heart, and I hope you will too.
April 24, 2025
Here is another gem from "The Leader's Journey", from page 159.
Most of us are very good at living our lives in "parts." There is the part of our attention that we devote to our family and the part that we give to our work. Another part goes to leisure time, and still another part is devoted to our spiritual life. No wonder we feel so fragmented so much of the time.
The spiritual disciplines work against this temptation to compartmentalize our life. By praying, fasting, meditating, retreating, or celebrating, we remind ourselves of the constant, pervasive nearness of God. Rather than assigning to God a part of our day, we teach ourselves to notice God at work throughout the day.
Mark Buchanan writes, "The problem is not that God is distant and needs to be wooed or badgered into coming near; the problem is that God is ever present, ever near, and that some of us seek ways of escape.... God does not need to be invoked, we do. We need to be called to our senses, to be as present to God as God is to us."
This is why we practice the spiritual disciplines.
Have you considered incorporating spiritual disciplines, or "holy habits", into your life?
I'm experimenting with some of them now, and I am becoming more aware of God's presence, and learning to rest in His presence and to enjoy His presence.
I'm eager for us, as a church-family, to explore the spiritual formation practices in the upcoming ministry year.
Here is another gem from "The Leader's Journey", from page 159.
Most of us are very good at living our lives in "parts." There is the part of our attention that we devote to our family and the part that we give to our work. Another part goes to leisure time, and still another part is devoted to our spiritual life. No wonder we feel so fragmented so much of the time.
The spiritual disciplines work against this temptation to compartmentalize our life. By praying, fasting, meditating, retreating, or celebrating, we remind ourselves of the constant, pervasive nearness of God. Rather than assigning to God a part of our day, we teach ourselves to notice God at work throughout the day.
Mark Buchanan writes, "The problem is not that God is distant and needs to be wooed or badgered into coming near; the problem is that God is ever present, ever near, and that some of us seek ways of escape.... God does not need to be invoked, we do. We need to be called to our senses, to be as present to God as God is to us."
This is why we practice the spiritual disciplines.
Have you considered incorporating spiritual disciplines, or "holy habits", into your life?
I'm experimenting with some of them now, and I am becoming more aware of God's presence, and learning to rest in His presence and to enjoy His presence.
I'm eager for us, as a church-family, to explore the spiritual formation practices in the upcoming ministry year.
April 23, 2025
I'm reading an excellent book called the "The Leader's Journey", and I wanted to share this nugget of wisdom from page 140.
I'm reading an excellent book called the "The Leader's Journey", and I wanted to share this nugget of wisdom from page 140.
"There is a difference between telling people what we think and what to think. Defining self means that we consistently and calmly tell others what we think and choose, without demanding that they think and choose the same way. For example, many studies have revealed the profound influence of parents in the lives of their children and teenagers. However, many parents waste their influence by being too weak to share their positions with their children or by coercing them into conformity and alienating them in the process."
I highly recommend this book, whether you are a "leader" or not. So much wisdom. I wish I had read this book early in my life.
I highly recommend this book, whether you are a "leader" or not. So much wisdom. I wish I had read this book early in my life.
April 21, 2025 (Easter Monday)
Here’s a really helpful piece by Pastor Scott Sauls that I read this morning about living in light of Resurrection Sunday. Enjoy and be encouraged!
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottsauls/p/easter-week-day-9easter-monday?r=3a97o&utm_medium=ios
Here’s a really helpful piece by Pastor Scott Sauls that I read this morning about living in light of Resurrection Sunday. Enjoy and be encouraged!
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottsauls/p/easter-week-day-9easter-monday?r=3a97o&utm_medium=ios
April 20, 2025 (Resurrection Sunday)
Today, my wife and I stood in the hospital room of a dear and precious daughter of God who will be called home to glory soon. Her earthly body is about to give out.
Today, on Resurrection Sunday, I was powerfully reminded of our resurrection-hope. The hope of resurrection gave us the power to stand in that room without fear. With tears? Yes. With sadness? Yes. But fear? No.
Our dear sister will rise with Jesus one day, when her perishable body must put on the imperishable. She must.
Today, I believe and rejoice in these words by the Apostle Paul.
In 1 Corinthians 15:26, 53-57, he wrote:
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
Today, my wife and I stood in the hospital room of a dear and precious daughter of God who will be called home to glory soon. Her earthly body is about to give out.
Today, on Resurrection Sunday, I was powerfully reminded of our resurrection-hope. The hope of resurrection gave us the power to stand in that room without fear. With tears? Yes. With sadness? Yes. But fear? No.
Our dear sister will rise with Jesus one day, when her perishable body must put on the imperishable. She must.
Today, I believe and rejoice in these words by the Apostle Paul.
In 1 Corinthians 15:26, 53-57, he wrote:
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
April 19, 2025
Someone recently shared this quote from Charles Colson with me. Yet another reason to believe that the resurrection of Jesus did actually happen, that it is indeed a historical fact, and not the greatest lie that has been believed, and is being believed, by about 2.5 - 3 billion people throughout the history of the world.
Someone recently shared this quote from Charles Colson with me. Yet another reason to believe that the resurrection of Jesus did actually happen, that it is indeed a historical fact, and not the greatest lie that has been believed, and is being believed, by about 2.5 - 3 billion people throughout the history of the world.
April 18, 2025 (Good Friday of Holy Week)
On the cross, to a repentant, believing thief who was justly condemned to death, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise." (Luke 23:43)
I have read those words, and I have heard those words being read, countless times throughout my life as a Christian. They are so familiar that I can glance over them without any impact on me.
And yet, this unhurried morning, it strikes me that those words from Jesus might be the most precious words any sinner could ever hear from the lips of Jesus, the Savior of sinners.
Isn't this our ultimate hope? To one day stand before Jesus, and to see Him face to face, and to hear Him say to us, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise"?
Won't those be the greatest and the most precious words ever to be spoken to us by God Himself?
But how can I, a sinner, be with Jesus, the Holy One?
How can I, a sinner who deserves Hell for my sins, be received into Heaven?
How can such gracious words be spoken to me, a sinner?
Only because of what Jesus did on a cross, on a Friday, a long time ago.
No wonder we call it "Good Friday."
On the cross, to a repentant, believing thief who was justly condemned to death, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise." (Luke 23:43)
I have read those words, and I have heard those words being read, countless times throughout my life as a Christian. They are so familiar that I can glance over them without any impact on me.
And yet, this unhurried morning, it strikes me that those words from Jesus might be the most precious words any sinner could ever hear from the lips of Jesus, the Savior of sinners.
Isn't this our ultimate hope? To one day stand before Jesus, and to see Him face to face, and to hear Him say to us, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise"?
Won't those be the greatest and the most precious words ever to be spoken to us by God Himself?
But how can I, a sinner, be with Jesus, the Holy One?
How can I, a sinner who deserves Hell for my sins, be received into Heaven?
How can such gracious words be spoken to me, a sinner?
Only because of what Jesus did on a cross, on a Friday, a long time ago.
No wonder we call it "Good Friday."
April 17, 2025
Thought of the Day:
Holy Thursday is called “Maundy Thursday”, which is the day that Jesus gave the mandate, or the commandment, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”
The day before He would give His life for His disciples, He told them, commanded them, to love one another. Loving one another, with the kind of love that Jesus loved us, is at the heart of Christian discipleship. What does it mean to be disciple of Jesus? It means to receive the love of Jesus, and then, to share the love of Jesus with others, especially with other disciples of Jesus.
The world will know that we are the disciples of Jesus by our love for one another. The greatest and the most important mark of our being a true disciple of Jesus is love… a life of love- love for Jesus, and love for others. Oh, Lord Jesus, by the power of Your Spirit who indwells us, make our church-family a community of selfless and sacrificial love, so that the world may know that we are truly your disciples.
April 16, 2025
Thought of the Day:
The late Dr. Tim Keller said, "Religious people find Jesus useful, but Christians find Jesus beautiful."
This Holy Week, as I think and meditate on what Jesus did on Good Friday (going to the cross and giving His Himself as the atoning sacrifice for all our sins) and as I think about why Jesus did that (because He loved us so deeply that He would give everything, even His own life, for us and for our salvation), I cannot help but find Him so beautiful. Who loves like that? Who loves me like that? Only Jesus. Such wondrous love compels me to love Him with all my heart.
This Holy Week, I'm grateful for the removal of distractions through our Tech Fast, which opens up time and space for me to take unhurried time to think, to remember, and to reflect on the love of our Savior.
Fasting from lesser things to feast on better things is the path of wisdom and true joy.
Thought of the Day:
The late Dr. Tim Keller said, "Religious people find Jesus useful, but Christians find Jesus beautiful."
This Holy Week, as I think and meditate on what Jesus did on Good Friday (going to the cross and giving His Himself as the atoning sacrifice for all our sins) and as I think about why Jesus did that (because He loved us so deeply that He would give everything, even His own life, for us and for our salvation), I cannot help but find Him so beautiful. Who loves like that? Who loves me like that? Only Jesus. Such wondrous love compels me to love Him with all my heart.
This Holy Week, I'm grateful for the removal of distractions through our Tech Fast, which opens up time and space for me to take unhurried time to think, to remember, and to reflect on the love of our Savior.
Fasting from lesser things to feast on better things is the path of wisdom and true joy.
April 15, 2025
Thought of the Day:
"The best rebuke is a beautiful example."
If you're doing the Tech Fast, and if you want to listen to a very encouraging sermon that will nourish your soul, then check out this sermon:
https://youtu.be/VHOf9y0oFGE
Tyler is one of my new favorite preachers.
As I'm doing the Tech Fast, I'm realizing just how much extra time I have, if I don't spend so much of it entertaining and distracting myself with social media and shows. I am beginning to redeem that time with other things that are more satisfying and life-giving, like spending time with people, doing physical and social activities that I enjoy, and reading material that enrich and grow me.
Thought of the Day:
"The best rebuke is a beautiful example."
If you're doing the Tech Fast, and if you want to listen to a very encouraging sermon that will nourish your soul, then check out this sermon:
https://youtu.be/VHOf9y0oFGE
Tyler is one of my new favorite preachers.
As I'm doing the Tech Fast, I'm realizing just how much extra time I have, if I don't spend so much of it entertaining and distracting myself with social media and shows. I am beginning to redeem that time with other things that are more satisfying and life-giving, like spending time with people, doing physical and social activities that I enjoy, and reading material that enrich and grow me.