Category Archives: heaven
Someday, We Will Wear White
by Robert Murray McCheyne As long as you live in your mortal body, you will be faulty in yourself. It is a soul-ruining error to believe anything else. Oh, if ye would be wise, be often looking beneath the robe of the Redeemer’s righteousness to see your own deformity. It will make you keep faster [...]
Being Very Honest
Or Trying. I intend to be simple. I am worried and distressed by my own confusion and a simple disorientation about my own detachment to what is spiritual. I confess a trust in Him, but am wary of an evil attachment to things that take me away from Him. I know this sounds confusing, please bear with [...]
Heaven: Just Around the Corner
In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Matthew 6:9 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:20 We often struggle. Life frustrates us and we really don’t understand why it seems so bitter and confusing. [...]
Photo: Night Sky
The heavens tell us about the Glory that God has. We look up and see a universe that was created, and is now on display. I remember on an isolated beach in Mexico. One night, the entire Milky Way was revealed. I laid on the sand transfixed by it all. Suddenly, I got afraid and [...]
We Shall Sun Ourselves in the Smiles of God
Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast. (Mark 2:19) This was Jesus’ idea. He was bringing correction to the lives of those who were most religious. Our native tendency is to asceticism. We [...]
Geriatrics R Us, and Other Thoughts
I’m coming up to 50 and it seems very strange. I have never gotten old before, so it is an adventure. I guess for the first time I’m face-to-face with three things. 1) I am older than most people I meet. A few weeks ago I attended the weekly pastor’s meeting for Homer. I looked [...]
Short Timers
“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is.” Ps 39:4, NLT Typically, we avoid this level of scrutiny. Life is best enjoyed in a relative ignorance, and we certainly do not welcome the knowledge that life is limited. We are [...]
The Father’s House
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will [...]