March 2012

30 Mar

Posted at 12:33h in Fridays Are For Family
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I love Fridays. I really do. This is the day that recharges my personal battery for the week because this is the day that I set aside and strictly guard so I can spend time with my family. One of the lessons that I have learned from some of our empty-nesters and grandparents at Temple is to make the most of these early years with my kids because the years pass so quickly.  I see that.  I know that. It seems just like yesterday that I was holding Laura Kate in the delivery room. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was getting up multiple times during the night to feed or change Jack. Or wait, was that Benjamin? Now…well, they grow so quickly.

28 Mar

Posted at 12:58h in Devotionals
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"Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth." Hosea 6:3 To "know the Lord" is indeed an audacious aim for a finite soul. Yet, I find that my soul is satisfied with nothing less. Night and day I beat at the walls of my prison. I struggle with the mystery that surrounds my being. I long for the only Light that can make sense of the darkness. I would surely be content just to touch the hem of the Master's garment as He passes by. However, to "know Him," to really "know Him" is no doubt the greatest gift of life everlasting.

26 Mar

Posted at 11:52h in Devotionals
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"By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went." Hebrews 11:8 The writer of Hebrews tells us of Abraham's divine call to go forward and found a new nation. In doing so, he teaches us that is a great mistake for us to think that faith is only necessary for heavenly, or spiritual, things. In fact, I find that I can't take a single step without faith in God's plan for my daily life.

21 Mar

Posted at 12:13h in Devotionals
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"But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out." Numbers 32:23 I would have expected the Lord to have given a stronger denunciation, to have issued a more horrible threat to those who would dare disobey His divine commands. Wouldn't it have been more in keeping with our common view of God for Him to say, "If you do not do so, then take note, you've sinned against the LORD; and I'm going to strike you with lightening bolts from heaven?" Doesn't it seem a bit soft, and not a little silly, to tell men that if they break His law that the result of their sin will soon overtake them, and that the seed they sow will one day bloom into bitterness?" Is this kind of language what we would have expected from the omnipotent, majestic, holy God of Heaven? No, because we have never before thought worthily of His might and majesty. We have considered Him to be One who would simply destroy us if we failed to obey Him. However, the scripture tells us that it is not He who will destroy us, but rather it is we who will destroy ourselves. That's why He wants to save us from, well, us.

19 Mar

Posted at 12:15h in Devotionals
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"While I was musing, the fire burned..." Psalm 39:3 Have you ever stopped to consider the fact that if you would spend more time musing, or meditating, the fire of your soul would burn brighter and hotter? You see, it is because we spend so little time in meditation and reflection that we often have so little exhilaration and enthusiasm in our walk with the Lord. Why then, don't you withdraw from the world to spend time with the Lord more often? If you were to do so you would soon discover that you would be better equipped to face the world because you would, in fact, be less worldly.