For God Alone

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:1-5) In this passage, the Apostle Paul points us to what Jack MacGorman calls the ‘marvelous consequences of our justification’ in Christ. Like the Apostle Paul, you and I have been tested and stretched in ways we could never have imagined; but, our Shepherd-Savior who is our all in all of everything leads us on our respective journeys. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still water...

A New Day: Earth's Grand Pause The World has slowed to a near stand-still. Businesses large and small, institutions of every level of learning, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, airports, and all mass transit systems have been silenced, frozen as humanity hunkers down in homes with loved ones in every country, and on every continent of planet Earth. It is as though the Earth has provided a Grand Pause* in life, forcing humankind to stop in mid tracks, mid sentence, mid … to reassess … Every. Single. Priority.  How do you feed your mind, your body, and your soul? I pray you regularly read, meditate upon, and memorize God’s word, the Holy Bible. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.  He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; Your ro...