GodReflection: Is Grace Still Amazing? At the risk you or I might reopen an old wound, think of a time when you received a major hurt or…… Read more “Why Is Grace So Hard to Give?”
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Why Is Grace So Hard to Receive?
GodReflection: Is Grace Still Amazing? I don’t remember the exact year. But never will I forget that special Christmas. It was the one when Santa Claus brought…… Read more “Why Is Grace So Hard to Receive?”
Flawed More Than I Think?
GodReflection: Is Grace Still Amazing? Think shiny, pristine, and new. Think perfect. Have you ever received a gift like that? Have you every purchased something that fit…… Read more “Flawed More Than I Think?”
Grace Peaks Create Amazement – part three
GodReflection: Is Grace Still Amazing? In the two previous posts, I initiated the exploration of eight high points of grace found across the pages of Scripture. They…… Read more “Grace Peaks Create Amazement – part three”
When Did God’s Grace Promise Appear?
GodReflection: Is Grace Still Amazing? Abraham receives the first glimpse of God’s gift promise: In you all the families of the earth will be blessed (Genesis 12:3).…… Read more “When Did God’s Grace Promise Appear?”
Just What Is Grace Anyway?
GodReflection: Is Grace Still Amazing? I wonder why grace is so difficult to describe. Maybe it is just me, but it doesn’t seem like it serves as…… Read more “Just What Is Grace Anyway?”
Jesus took our Stripes
A tiger cannot change its stripes, an old saying goes. Or can he? The saying implies we cannot change our character or personality and are “boxed in”…… Read more “Jesus took our Stripes”
Artistic Expression and the Jesus Lover
Yesterday I was listening to one of my favorite popular bands from the era of 8-track players, ABBA. A couple of lines caught my attention in the…… Read more “Artistic Expression and the Jesus Lover”
The Great I AM Loves All That Are
A friend of ours who studied film writing mentioned a formula he learned. Tell the audience the gist of the story at minute 10, begin a turnaround…… Read more “The Great I AM Loves All That Are”
I Have Called You Friends
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from…… Read more “I Have Called You Friends”
Raised Between Two Songs
GodReflection: Songs That Sustain My lungs were still tainted with Delivery Room air when my parents carried me into the white stucco building of our local church…… Read more “Raised Between Two Songs”
Naturally Letting Out What the Spirit of God has Infused
Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory – the glory of the one and only, full of grace and…… Read more “Naturally Letting Out What the Spirit of God has Infused”
The Hurting Have A Soft Place To Land
And he sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal. – Luke 9:2 Picture this… One day someone shows up in your village…… Read more “The Hurting Have A Soft Place To Land”
Jesus is the Secret
There are so many other things Jesus did. If they were all written down, each of them, one by one, I can’t imagine a world big enough…… Read more “Jesus is the Secret”
Portable Nurture
GodReflection: God The Nurturer You know him for he lives with you and will be in you (John 14:17). The foundational presumption in this series of posts…… Read more “Portable Nurture”
God Brings ‘Take Out’ to my Table
GodReflection: God The Nurturer So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus reached the spot,…… Read more “God Brings ‘Take Out’ to my Table”
Bread that Satisfies
GodReflection: God The Nurturer “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry” (John 6:35). One of the fun-hard jobs that came…… Read more “Bread that Satisfies”
Divine Sustenance—Learn from The Holy
GodReflection: God The Nurturer Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for…… Read more “Divine Sustenance—Learn from The Holy”
Divine Sustenance—Listen to The Holy
GodReflection: God The Nurturer As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to…… Read more “Divine Sustenance—Listen to The Holy”
Quake Insurance
GodReflection: Walk Toward the Quake From where I stand, I observe two types of quakes. The first type of earthquake is tied to the sinful fall of…… Read more “Quake Insurance”
Violent Earthquake Shakes a Prison
GodReflection: Walk Toward the Quake Once again—its prayer time. The players and the location have changed. The foundation of the known world continues to shake from the…… Read more “Violent Earthquake Shakes a Prison”
The Earth Shook–The Rocks Split
GodReflection: Walk Toward the Quake Almost fifteen hundred years after God’s Glory quaked the earth on Mount Sinai Jehovah God quakes the earth again with an eternal…… Read more “The Earth Shook–The Rocks Split”
Living Into My Contract with Jesus
GodReflection: My Contract with Jesus Reviewed I am glad I reviewed my old contract with Jesus. It was good to see the nine signatures. Six of which…… Read more “Living Into My Contract with Jesus”
Jesus Contract—I signed on the Faith Line
GodReflection: My Contract with Jesus Reviewed Faith is a word I tend to paint over with a thick holy coating and sometimes forget how common it is…… Read more “Jesus Contract—I signed on the Faith Line”
Contract Promise: Holy Help to Navigate Life
GodReflection: My Contract with Jesus Reviewed My access to GPS (Global Positioning System) provides me with input to get from one place to another when I drive.…… Read more “Contract Promise: Holy Help to Navigate Life”
I Have A Contract with Jesus
GodReflection: My Contract with Jesus Reviewed My 2018 Blog space closed with a focus on Jesus. May the Helen Howarth Lemmel refrain serve as a bridge into…… Read more “I Have A Contract with Jesus”
The Wise Searched for Special
GodReflection: It’s a Boy—We Worship the Gift Baby “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose…… Read more “The Wise Searched for Special”
Elderly Folks Admire and Worship
GodReflection: It’s a Boy—We Worship the Gift Baby When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him…… Read more “Elderly Folks Admire and Worship”
The Carpenter Held His Baby
GodReflection: It’s a Boy—We Worship the Gift Baby I already have a partial to do list for the next reality on the new earth. Can you imagine…… Read more “The Carpenter Held His Baby”
Mary Held Her Gift Baby
GodReflection: It’s a Boy—We Worship the Gift Baby If I were to create a “Cloud of Witnesses” Mary would be near the top. Truth is, she has…… Read more “Mary Held Her Gift Baby”
A Baby Like No Other—Like All Others
GodReflection: It’s a Boy—We Worship the Gift Baby How about a Second Hebrews chapter 11? What we call the Book of Hebrews seems to have been a…… Read more “A Baby Like No Other—Like All Others”
Come and See Forgiveness
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See Forgiveness”
Come and See a Temple Built and Hope Raised
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See a Temple Built and Hope Raised”
Come and See Hope Buried
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See Hope Buried”
Come and See the King Greater than David
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See the King Greater than David”
Come and See God on a Cross
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See God on a Cross”
Come and See a Celebratory Dinner
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See a Celebratory Dinner”
Come and See a Dead Man Raised
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See a Dead Man Raised”
Come and See I am the One Who Jesus Loved
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See I am the One Who Jesus Loved”
Come and See God
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See God”
Come and See Life
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See Life”
Come and See New Water—One Drink will Last Forever
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:46). “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper…… Read more “Come and See New Water—One Drink will Last Forever”
Come and See a New Kind of Birth
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now Born in an antiseptic hospital the urbanism of my nation shields me from contact with ever present birth.…… Read more “Come and See a New Kind of Birth”
Come and See
GodReflection: Come and See—God Saved the Best for Now Parallel to the creation story of Genesis is the creation story from John’s account of the good news…… Read more “Come and See”
Renovation Project—Enlarge My Soul
GodReflection: Is It Well with My Soul? “Narrow is the mansion of my soul; enlarge Thou it, that Thou mayest enter in. It is ruinous; repair Thou…… Read more “Renovation Project—Enlarge My Soul”
Soul Pain
GodReflection: Is It Well With My Soul? The Holy Spirit who resides in my soul knows pain to a far greater degree than I have or will…… Read more “Soul Pain”
My Soul’s Greatest Need
GodReflection:Is It Well with My Soul? Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you…… Read more “My Soul’s Greatest Need”
When I Look Around to Look Up—God Smiles
GodReflection: What Make God Smile? I hinted at this in my last post in the declaration that God smiles when I love others as God has loved…… Read more “When I Look Around to Look Up—God Smiles”
God Smile When He Gives Grace
GodReflection: What Make God Smile? So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them…… Read more “God Smile When He Gives Grace”
God Smiles When I Honor Him as Holy
GodReflection: What Make God Smile? In my last post I attempted to paint the picture of intimacy with God that is made available through Jesus. I affirmed…… Read more “God Smiles When I Honor Him as Holy”
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