When I was growing up, I took piano lessons. I wanted to learn to play. Nobody was making me take lessons, but my mom did have to make me practice. I didn’t like to practice. “Practice makes perfect.” Well, maybe not perfect. I remember my friends standing at our back sliding-glass door asking if I could play and my mother telling …
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She was desperate. Google Images A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession. Jesus did not answer her a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him,”Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” He answered, “I was …
Sing in the Darkness
O God, you are my God earnestly I seek you;my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you,in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuaryand beheld your power and yourglory.Because your love is better than life my lips will glorify you.I will praise you as long as …
Enter His Rest
This is what my spirit keeps hearing. Enter into my rest. Live out of my reservoir of joy. Peace. Ability. “What’s it mean Lord? How do I do that?” I picture myself falling backwards into a large pool of water. Under the water is the sound of peace. The water engulfs me. I’m not afraid. I float to the top. All …
An Olive Tree
One of the first things I saw when I went to Israel was the Mount of Olives. (This picture is not it, only an olive tree.) Immediately as I looked upon those gnarled ancient trees I saw the sufferings of Christ. I could barely constrain my wails. I held my breath trying to muffle the loud cries threatening to erupt …