O Come, All Ye Faithful is one of my favorite Christmas hymns. The repeated refrain "O come let us adore Him" feels like it draws me closer and closer with each phrase. However, the first line struck me as odd when I heard it for the first time this season: "O come, all ye faithful,… Continue reading O Come, Ye Unfaithful, Despairing, and Defeated
Category: a weary world…
“deute!”
“deute" This was the call I heard as I laid awake at 3:45 am one Friday morning at some point in the early days of the pandemic. No, I don’t know Greek, but I stumbled upon this word that is often translated as "come" or "come now" as I was poking around in Matthew 11.… Continue reading “deute!”
a weary world… presses on
One step in front of the other. That's the way I got through a weary day recently. Looking back, it reminded me of a story of Gideon and his army in the book of Judges. In chapter 7, we see this crazy experience of amazing trust as Gideon follows God's instructions that ends up taking… Continue reading a weary world… presses on
a weary world… rests
AUTHOR'S NOTE: As soon as I hit "publish" on Tuesday's post (A Weary World... Rejoices) suddenly many other phrases came to mind of responses to our weary world, most of them from Scripture... and thus, a blog series was born. Join me in the coming days to explore our weary world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This past Sunday… Continue reading a weary world… rests
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