I was looking back over my journal and saw the Gaps. The long weeks and months between a smattering of postings. Just last week I got back from a trip to China. It was wonderful. There is so much packed into those words that unpacking them is the subject of a long post ( Read more... )

"And Jesus went about(a) all Galilee, teaching(b) in their synagogues, preaching(c) the gospel of the kingdom and healing(d) all kinds(e) of disease and sickness among the people. Then His fame went throughout(f) all Syria(g); and they brought(h) to Him to all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were ( Read more... )

That is, an ever widening gap. The east is infinitely far from the west due to the spin of the earth. If you set your course east (or west) and never altered it, you'd never go the opposite direction. If you went north or south, you would eventually head in the opposite direction ( Read more... )

I've been prompted to remember what God has spoken to me during my life. I mean to put up some of the contents of my travel journal to have them in one place, not scattered throughout many pages. So for today ( Read more... )

You are here on Earth to become exceptional, to make a majestic contribution and to help achieve something wonderful which uplifts all living things. You are part of a great plan set in motion by the divine hand. Every obstacle you face is filled with indispensable experience points which lead you to higher and higher skill levels. Every adversity ( Read more... )

Brother Lawrence was a monk of the 17th Century. He said he found the secret of living a happy life and that was to go through his daily tasks as a monastery cook being conscious of God's presence. God is with us but are we aware of Him? Brother Lawrence sought to be aware of Him his whole day through ( Read more... )

What we believe comes down to how we live. Let that sink in ( Read more... )

In the month I've been not posting here, I've been working (bad habit) and studying over money matters. I am taking the Financial Peace course in my church and it has given me much to think about. I am not by any stretch a financial wizard but am growing a little more proficient at it. The best thing I find in it is that the leader of it, Dave ( Read more... )

What does it mean to be a real man? I read today Psalm 1. I was first kind of amazed that the book of Psalms begins describing a man, a man and not God. But then, this is not the book of Genesis. And again, that the Psalms begin with a man does not mean to focus on him ( Read more... )

I've been reading some old journal entries of mine on LJ just now. Specifically the point where I can more or less see the shift of writing style. Not to be more eloquent or wise, but the focus of the writing shifted sometime after the summer of 2006. I can point to that year when my life in God changed. I remember before that I was ever an arguer ( Read more... )