Always start your day in prayer. Here’s a good way to begin, courtesy of the Psalmist.
Far be it from me
far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you
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The Christian’s Hope Can Never Fail
My thoughts keep coming back to this hymn, by an unknown author, published in 1799 in Gospel Mag. Gadsby’s Hymns points us to Hebrews 6 and Titus 1 as the scriptural source for the text. “The Christian’s Hope Can Never Fail”. We travel through a barren land, With dangers thick on every hand ; But…
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Remembering Mom and honoring God
My sister wrote Mom’s obituary which will appear in the local Muskegon and Grand Haven papers today. What a great tribute to her, one that highlights what she strove to be, a woman of faith in God. Arlene Mildred (White) Ackerman heard Jesus call her name on October 1, 2013. Leaving behind her life of…
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The ultimate painkiller
My mother of almost 60 years died tonight. Well, her body died anyway. She actually took one last shallow breath here on earth and and took her next breath in heaven. The change was so subtle we didn’t even see it happen, and had to get the nurse in to verify. One moment she was…
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O Thou that hears prayers
We’re studying prayer in Sunday School, working through Philip Yancey’s video study series. On the side, I’m reading whatever I can as I prepare. An excerpt from one of Jonathan Edward’s sermons, “The Most High, a Prayer-Hearing God”, was Friday’s reading in “A Journey Toward Heaven” edited by Justin Benge. I looked it up online and…
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When things don’t go as planned
We recently returned from a vacation in Europe with our thirteen year old granddaughter. It was the trip of a lifetime for us, and I hope for her as well. It was wonderful to get to know her more, and to see the young woman God is making in her. We anticipated a smooth trip,…
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Vain Service (Valley of Vision)
O MY LORD, Forgive me for serving Thee in sinful ways – by glorying in my own strength, by forcing myself to minister through necessity, by accepting the applause of others, by trusting in assumed grace and spiritual affection, by a faith that rests upon my hold on Christ, not on Him alone, by having…
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Seeing God from the depths
I just got off a phone call with my wife, telling me about an accident in the family. Then, almost immediately, I read on facebook of another accident to a friend, and looked back at the past few weeks and all that has happened to other friends in terms of illness and accident, and this…
