[The meek man] will get deliverance from the burden of pretense. By this I mean not hypocrisy, but the common human desire to put the best foot forward and hide from the world our real inward poverty. For sin has played many evil tricks upon us, and one has been the infusing into us of a false sense of shame. There is hardly a man or woman who ( Read more... )

      “The burden borne by mankind is heavy and a crushing thing. The word Jesus used means “a load carried or toil borne to the point of exhaustion.” Rest is simply release from that burden. It is not something we do; it is what comes to us when we cease to do. His own meekness, that is the rest.
      Let us examine our burden. It is altogether ( Read more... )

"Not What My Hands"
Not what my hands have done
Can save my guilty soul.
Not what my toiling flesh has borne
Can make my spirit whole.
Not what I feel or do
Can give me peace with God
Not all my prayers and sighs and tears
Can bear my awful load.

These guilty hands are raised;
Filthy rags are all I bring.
And I have come to hide beneath Your wings.
These holy ( Read more... )

Recently a particular passage of scripture was brought to my attention and it has rocked my world. It is a small prayer hidden in Proverbs 30:7-9 ( Read more... )

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One of the better songs (and albums) that I've heard in awhile. The lyrics really had an impact on me and I thought I would share with anyone who was interested.

Where Is The Difference - Matt Papa

Hello, my bride, how are you doing?
It’s been a while cause You’ve been busy
Idols have turned your heart from me
Oh my hands and feet
My love, how can it ( Read more... )

“All they that heard it wondered at those things.”
- Luke 2:18
We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real worship; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of God’s glory, though it may not express itself in song, or even utter its voice with bowed ( Read more... )

It has been some time now since my last post. More than likely, any readership I had gained, no longer visits... so I guess this is mostly for me. I'm testing this out using Windows Live Writer on my new laptop. I hope that it works and I can start blogging once again.

Money. Blessings. Stewardship. And surrender. Lately I have been thinking about these topics a lot in regards to my life for many obvious reasons and also because God is teaching me a lot about those things. I have especially been thinking a lot about the word "stewardship" lately because that is a word that I hear thrown around a lot, but I think ( Read more... )

Oh my God, look around this place ( Read more... )