Category Archives: humility
Psalm 42, The Message for the Frazzled
This particular Psalm is often used by Christian therapists quite often in session. It strikes a wonderful chord for those afflicted with mental illness and the myriad of issues we all have to deal with. For me personally, it is a powerful anti-depressant and reading it cleanses me. I copied this selection from Eugene Peterson’s “The [...]
We Can Only Bow
“Come, let’s worship him and bow down. Let’s kneel before the Lord who made us.” Ps. 95:6, NCV We come directly to Him, with so many deep and ugly flaws. We step toward Him, having lost every confidence, but yet there is an assurance that we have arrived at something far beyond ourselves. Mental [...]
The Blackest Psalm
My life is full of troubles, and I am nearly dead. They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with no strength.” Ps. 88:3-4, NCV A Psalm Study As I read Psalm 88, I suddenly realized the dark depths it took. It is bleak and grim. [...]
Messy Spirituality
“Messy Spirituality:” A Book Excerpt by Mike Yaconelli For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a godly person. Yet when I look at the yesterdays of my life, what I see, mostly, is a broken, irregular path littered with mistakes and failure. I have had temporary successes and isolated [...]
Arriving Safely
Things can get pretty grim just living life. But add a disability, and suddenly it gets worse. A mental illness intensifies life, and the weird concoction of symptoms and hospitals, therapists and medications and family/friends is a bit daunting for anyone. It’s a little bit like running through the wilderness slathered in bacon grease, trying to stay ahead from the [...]
The Mystery of His Face
A Psalms Study Psalm 131, New Century Version (NCV) Childlike Trust in the Lord A song for going up to worship. Of David. 1 Lord, my heart is not proud; I don’t look down on others. I don’t do great things, and I can’t do miracles. 2 But I am calm and quiet, like [...]
A Walk in the Clouds
What Jesus intends for us is to learn to walk in the supernatural. Each disciple must learn to walk out a life that is totally beyond him. We need to learn how to walk in the clouds. The things He has done for us are definitely and profoundly “out-of-this-world.” He provides an exceptional power to [...]
Ramblings of the Broken
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” — C.S. Lewis I think I am a creature of habit. I honestly don’t think we have the power to steer our lives. I rather think we choose our [...]
More Bumble than Believer
It’s strange to be in the position of being older. A whirlwind of days and nights swirl from this human point, and I think I may starting thinking about my exit– hopefully, stage right. There is a sticky, tricky triumphalism that I need to manuever through. A mine field of ugly issues that I must yet traverse. I’m [...]