“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness…” (Isa. 61:10 “For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.” (Ps. 149:4) On Thursday just […]
Men: Pay Attention
“O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You […]
The First Week of Therapy
For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him (2 Cor 5:7–9) We use this passage in Biblical counseling a […]
Change Is Hard
Yesterday I walked out my door, on my way to work and said to myself, “Boy, isn’t this a beautiful day!” My next thought was, “I wonder if I’ll miss days like this when I get to Heaven.” Then, “Of course not, every day in heaven will be more wonderful than this one. I’ll be […]
Hard Providence
Hi Pastor Smith, I’m really sorry to hear this. its a really hard providence and situation. Here’s what I think: You can only do what you can do. In other words, you might want to help in ways that you just can’t. It might be time, or finances, or something else. You just need to know […]
In the Zone
After high school, I spent four very cool years in the Navy riding around in a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine (USS Ray SSN 653). When you are stationed on a boat (submarines are called boats), you need to spend close to a year getting what they called “qualified.” Getting qualified means learning every system on […]
The Bible Has Answers in Our Grief
By Steve Hemmeke This past Saturday 4 of my nephews and nieces were in a tragic and fatal car accident. My 22-year-old niece was driving and died of internal injuries, and my 13-year-old nephew has skull fractures and they still don’t know if he’ll make it. Another niece and nephew, younger, escaped with only bruises […]
Always Butting
The director of the conference based the morning devotions at breakfast on the Twenty-Third Psalm. This morning I awoke a bit blue in my spirits. My dear Sara lies in the hospital again and we are trying to get her into a medical center under an endocrinologist who should know more about her strange malady. […]
Never Alone
Our Lord is the leader of this society. He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He was tempted in all points as we are. Nobody ever walked through so dark a valley, and he walked it by himself. We can never suffer as he suffered, die as he died. He has been […]