Posts tagged “Contentment”
Today is the day the Lord has made!
Do you ever shop at Aldi? With four small, seemingly always hungry kids at home, I sure do! One of my favorite things about…
The most important thing about you
The theologian A. W. Tozer famously said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us”…
Hoping for an apocalypse
It’s early January, and the official rules for bloggers state that I must write about resolutions. (That’s 100% accurate, but I’d prefer that you…
Forget about the “perfect” Christmas
If you could change anything, what would it be? I’m not asking about world peace or cancer. We’re heading into Christmas, and this is…
What are you thankful for?
Let me set the scene for you. Thanksgiving Day. After having their hands slapped a few times in failed food-snitching attempts, the family finally…
Using your time even better
Pastor Mike’s latest sermon series may challenge you a bit. It changed my perspective. Maybe you, like me, tend to justify the way you…
You are what you look at
“The eye is the lamp of the body.” This strange image comes from Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7, specifically 6:22). He…
Being persistent, not stubborn
Today I want to talk to all the dreamers out there. I don’t mean the nighttime dreamers; I mean the other kind. If you…
Jerry and Jesus
One of the most content men I’ve ever met lived in one of the smallest apartments I’ve ever seen. His name was Jerry, a…
Jesus is worth it
Do you know what happens the first day a new Chick-fil-A restaurant opens? Dozens of locals leave their warm beds behind, bring their tents,…
I hope you’re satisfied
You shall have no other gods. We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things. If you grew up in the…
Protected pasture
It used to be that whenever I read Psalm 23:2 (“He makes me lie down in green pastures”), I was confused why God would…