Posted on August 4, 2008 at 5:53am.
I don’t know when the last time was you read Psalm 136 but it is a really interesting Psalm. It begins with the great declaration - “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.” The psalmist then says for the first of 26 times - “His love endures forever.” I think he was trying to make a point. As the Psalm speaks verse after verse of all the wonderful things God does it always comes back to the same declaration of God’s never failing love. I don’t know about you but I need that reminder often of the unending, inexhaustible, forever love of God. May today find you enjoying the Father’s love for you.
Posted on August 3, 2008 at 5:41am.
Two dear saints who were part of Church at Charlotte left us this week and went home to be with Jesus. A week ago today H Dehoff was welcomed into the arms of the Lord she loved and yesterday Anne Belk joined her in going home. Young moms with teenage kids and loving husbands, by our thinking, have left too soon. I hope you will join me in praying for and seeking to comfort both of these families.
I choose the word home very purposefully. This world isn’t home no matter how comfortable we seek to make it. We were built for heaven. We were built to be with Jesus and if we know him the way both Anne and H do we will join them one day - home in the arms of Jesus. It is that sure hope that brings comfort in the midst of deep sorrow.
Posted on August 2, 2008 at 8:04am.
It has been hard this week to write on my blog. That is obvious to those of you who read it on a regular basis. In fact this is the first entry since last week. I am not sure I could tell you why only that it has just felt hard. Life has those ebbs and flows and not just in writing a blog. We would all agree that is part of being human. It also makes it more amazing to me when I think about Jesus. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow - talk about consistent. There is great comfort for me in knowing that his love, his grace, his mercy and his justice never wavers.
