Here is the second in the post series I reposted yesterday… I’m still pondering the human need for comfort, control, and power (see last post). Here are more thoughts… WHY THOSE TEMPTATIONS? Why was Jesus tempted like He was in the desert? Why comfort, control, and power? I think that they are the outward symptoms [...]
Thought I’d repost an oldie but a goodie. This is an entry I posted almost exactly two years ago. Second part is tomorrow. Enjoy! I’ve been reading about the testing of Jesus in the desert. It came to me that Jesus was tempted with these things (see Matthew 4): Comfort – Jesus could have turned [...]
Each New Years I ask God to reveal a “theme” for the year. Some subject to study, ponder, and explore. (Yeah, I’m a geek.) This year it is coming to me in spade – the unity of the Body of Christ. “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life [...]
The girls and I have been moving into a duplex this Christmas. Friday we moved from the Lake House, cleaned, and started painting the two bedrooms. Yesterday we finished painting and started moving our stuff in from the RV. I forgot the burn of spending hours squatting and climbing ladders. It stopped being a good [...]
This morning, I’ve been mulling over the idea of comfort vs. comfortable. I’ve thought about it many times as my life has been pretty uncomfortable in the last few years. I had this notion that if I was a “good” Christian, that God would make my life comfortable. Over the past couple of years, God [...]