There is a time for everything… a time to keep and a time to throw away. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 6 Comment Autumn invites us to notice the balance between holding on and letting go. The trees don’t cling to their leaves — they release them, trusting that new life will come in its season. In relationships, we sometimes need that same...
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair.2 Corinthians 4:8 Comment Every couple hits rough patches — illness, loss, conflict, disappointment, change. The myth is that strong couples avoid these things. The truth is: strong couples get through them — together. Resilience doesn’t mean pretending everything’s fine. It means facing the hard together....
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Mark 10.32 Comment “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.” – Steve Jobs Do you have a sense of what’s important? Steve...
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am...
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Romans 12:15 Comment We sat this week and chatted with some friends who are experiencing the excitement of the impending arrival of their first child – at about the same time later this year that our son and daughter-in-law will present us with our second grandchild. Very different emotions were...
Enjoy life with your wife whole you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun. Ecclesiastes 9:9 NIV Comment King Solomon, despite his riches, power and numerous women, obviously considered life depressing! Yet in the midst of the trouble and strife described in Ecclesiastes he recognised the wonderful gift of married love....
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.” Song of Solomon 2:10-13 Comment My...
See, I am doing a new thing! Isaiah 43:19 Comment Our verse this week also happens to be our church’s moto text for the year. I don’t think our church leaders had any idea how relevant this verse would be for us this year. For our church it has meant re-thinking so much of how we do things but this...
