"One thing is necessary...and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:42
I bet in some area of your life, you could spot a fake a mile away. Maybe you’ve come to know and appreciate a certain skincare line and you’re not going back to the drugstore. Maybe you can spot genuine handbag stitching from the finest knockoff. Whatever else we may know well on this earth, let us know the gospel a hundred times better.
Your children don’t need a behavior-modified mommy. They need a whole-hearted mommy. Ash him for it.
Potty training for me is like childbirth. The first few accidents aren’t a big deal. A little deep breathing, and encouragement from my husband calms me down. Then the hours pass, the dirty laundry grows. The accidents get closer together and more painful.
Those saved by Christ don’t walk around with a bucket trying to catch runoff rain water. We walk around full of a fountain, welling up inside us for eternal life. We have the fountain. We are watered by Christ himself from within.
Are you suffering even though you’ve been faithful to God? Are you dealing with pain and loss and wondering why? Do you long to cry out to God, “Awake! Why are you sleeping O Lord?” as the Psalmist cries?
The honesty of Psalm 44 is comforting. But it’s incomplete. The truth is we have something the Psalmist never had: The rest of the suffering story.
Every prophecy The Word spoke, The Word fulfilled. He is alive! The grave couldn’t hold him. Darkness could not overcome him. His holiness satisfied the wrath of God. He made atonement for my sin and your sin and he walked out of the tomb. He is alive!