Category Archives: heaven

Heaven: To Sun Ourselves in His Smiles

March 19, 2012 · by · in believer, depression, devotional, discipleship, eternal life, God, heaven, Jesus Christ, kingdom of God, mental illness, peace, personal comments, personal testimony, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, understanding, Very helpful

A boy stood on a windy hillside, flying a kite. He continued to release the string of the kite and it went higher and higher until it was completely out of sight. One of his friends walked up and asked how he knew there was still a kite on the other end. He replied. “I [...]

Embedded Truth: Time to Decide

December 19, 2011 · by · in accepting Christ, believer, Christmas, eternal life, grace, heaven, incarnation, Jesus Christ, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, understanding, Very helpful

“The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.” –J.I.Packer “The mystery of Christ, that He sunk [...]

A Spot for You, No Matter What

December 15, 2011 · by · in believer, devotional, discipleship, fear of death, God, heaven, Jesus Christ, love, mental illness, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, understanding, Very helpful

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.” (Isa. 26:3) All we need to do in time of sorrow and loneliness is to stay our minds upon God, to trust Him, to rest in Him, to nestle in His love. We remember where John was found the night of the [...]

Poetry of the Broken

December 3, 2011 · by · in affliction, anxiety, brokenness, comfort, darkness, depression, despondancy, eternal life, faith, glory of God, heaven, Jesus Christ, John Piper, Linda Kruschke, mental illness, poetry

Last Saturday I purchased a wonderful find at Powell’s Books (Portland, Oregon’s own homegrown new and used bookstore) – a used book called “Invisible Light: Poems about God” – for only $4.50. And it is in excellent condition. It is a collection of poems by various poets, some well known and some not so well known, [...]

Sorting Out What is Real

November 21, 2011 · by · in believer, bipolar disorder, Bryan's editorial, church life, despondancy, devotional, discipleship, heaven, Jesus Christ, mental illness, mixed states, dysphoria mania, mood swings, moods, personal comments, SAD, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, understanding, Very helpful, wisdom

It’s a terribly cold, gray day here in Alaska.  Very typical for the end of November.  Just as typical  is that I  have had a heaviness descend on me, just like when the fat kid sits on the little kid at the bus stop.  This grayness seems to be a premonition, I feel, of what I face trying [...]

Dealing with the Ultimate Fear?

August 15, 2011 · by · in alcohol and drug abuse, believer, death, depression, discipleship, eternal life, faith, fear, fear of death, heaven, helpful, Jesus Christ, mental illness, personal comments, personal testimony, promises, resurrection, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, theology, understanding, Very helpful

When I was a boy I was terrified of death.  The very thought of being six feet deep in a small box, with maggots, rottenness and decay terrorized me.  I also had an incredible fear that someone would make a mistake and that I would wake up entombed in a buried coffin.  Just thinking about it now [...]

CCM Classic Spotlight on 2nd Chapter of Acts

June 13, 2011 · by · in CCM, CCM 2nd Chapter of Acts, heaven, Jesus Christ, music

Live at an outdoor concert, “Mansion Builder“  The 2nd Chapter of Acts was a Jesus Music and early Contemporary Christian Music group composed of sisters Annie Herring and Nelly Greisen and brother Matthew Ward. They began performing in 1973 and enjoyed their period of greatest success during the 1970s. The group disbanded in 1988. (From, [...]

I Want Home

June 2, 2011 · by · in accepting Christ, believer, devotional, discipleship, encouragement, eternal life, faith, glory of God, heaven, helpful, Jesus Christ, kingdom of God, mental illness, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, trust, understanding, Very helpful, victory

 ’Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.”                                                                                     Jeremiah 32:17, ESV   “One should go to sleep as homesick passengers do, saying, “Perhaps in the morning we shall see the shore.”         –Henry Ward Beecher [...]

Sing Like a Canary

March 11, 2011 · by · in believer, christlikeness, devotional, discipleship, following Jesus, glory of God, heaven, helpful, honor, Jesus Christ, lion of the tribe of Judah, power, praise, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, understanding, worship

Scripture is jam packed with singing.  There a whole a lot of people who think the Bible is full of sin, wrath and judgement.  But that is not a fair assessment.  It’s misguided, and side tracks many. “Then I heard all beings in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and in the [...]

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