THIS IS THE MAN I LOVE!!!


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i have a love/hate relationship with denominations. i love that somewhere in this Christian body, you will be able to find fellowship with people and worship in a way that makes you comfortable. i hate that people draw lines and get exclusivist and elitest. here's a little humor that about denominations...know that i mean no offense and that i ( Read more... )

does a man remember the first time he held in his arms the strange woman who was to be his wife, and heard her say that he was loved? did he understand, or did he dare even to believe it? more astounding still, did he realize than that those words issued not only from the woman herself, but from the Lord? did he sense that it was really God ( Read more... )

did you know that when a peace offering (Jewish sacrifice) was given to the LORD, the person who was offering the animal to the LORD personally killed it? he is to lay his hand of the head of his offering and slaughter it (leviticus 3:16). by hand. holding the animal as the life drains out of it. this leaves no way for that person to ignore the ( Read more... )

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as we go on in intercession we may find that our obedience to God is going to cost other people more than we thought. the danger then is to begin to intercede in sympathy with those whom God was gradually lifting to a totally different sphere in answer to our prayers. whenever we step back from identification with God's interest in others into ( Read more... )

this entry is about another one of my old essays =) this one really hit home to me at the time and continues to resonate. it is on the book 'summer' by edith wharton. for those who haven't read it, the main character (Charity) goes from a reckless relationship with a man, harney, (which ends up with her pregnant) to a marriage with a respected ( Read more... )

Your love is that torrential downpour, Lord. that tremendous and aweinspiring outpouring that interrupts our day, that causes frustration due to our plans being changed. Lord, if we could only see with Your eyes! if we only understood how desperately we need Your love! only much later do we see the regeneration and growth that You so freely ( Read more... )

let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight, declares the LORD ( Read more... )

colorado pictures are here!!


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