Puppet Strings
PUPPET STRINGS: I can’t keep from mourning for this topsy-turvy world / With all its strife and pain /Mourning for the lost and the desperatechildren / Who can’t remember theirnames And I can feel it in my soul / Now the endis getting near / I can hear the devillaughing / And its ringing in…
Continue readingPeace on Earth, Goodwill . . .
I decided to meditate upon peace today. It seemed like an appropriate focus as we approach Christmas. When the angels announced the birth of Jesus they proclaimed, “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.” – Luke 2:14 (NLT). I wondered what peace looks like in…
Continue readingThirsty
Eveyone has a spiritual thirst. We may try to ignore the thirst but deep down inside we know we are thirsty. We thirst for something more. Chris Rice captures the concept of spiritual thirst in his song Thirsty. I’m so thirsty, I can feel itBurning through the furthest corners of my soulDeep desire, can’t describe…
Continue readingThankful
I want to live a thankful life. Mary Jo Leddy says that “we are held captive by dissatisfaction.” I see this around me. People living in one of the greatest places on the planet are dissatisfied and want more. I must confess that often I want more. Ingratitude oppresses and binds us. But I will…
Continue readingRed Letters
A few days ago I saw a heart-rending sight. I came upon a suicide just as the police had arrived and put a blanket over the body. Someone (I could not tell you who they were or even their gender) had jumped off of the pedestrian walkway of the Burrard Street bridge to the sea-wall…
Continue readingConfidence
I have been meditating upon Psalm 27 for a couple of days. Verse 3 says, “Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.” I have difficulty relating to these words. Perhaps it is because I lack confidence. The writer says that…
Continue readingCome and Drink
I am memorizing Isaiah 55:1-13 (scroll down to see the entire passage). They are powerful words for our time. We so readily “spend our money on food that does not give us strength.” We rely on our own thoughts, our own ways, our own wisdom. But there is an alternative. There is “food that is…
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