How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I plan what to do in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will those who hate me rise above me?Look on me and answer, O Lord, my…
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
Chinese New Year
Welcome to the Year of the Rat! Chinese New Year is usually celebrated on the second new moon after the winter solstice. It is traditional for every family to thoroughly clean their house beforehand, in order to sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for incoming good luck. There is plenty of decorating, feasting,…
Psalm 11
How dare you tell me, “Flee to the mountains for safety,” when I am trusting in the Lord?2 For the wicked have strung their bows, drawn their arrows tight against the bowstrings, and aimed from ambush at the people of God. 3 “Law and order have collapsed,” we are told. “What can the righteous do but flee?”4 But…
Suffering
Therefore we do not become discouraged [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our outer self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day by day. For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a…
A Memory
One of my earliest memories is in my grandparents’ apartment. I was maybe 3 years old, swinging my feet into the air between furniture and enjoying myself thoroughly. “Be careful,” cautioned my grandfather. “You might break something.” Do 3-year-olds ever listen? But then my hand slipped – and something broke. I ran to burrow into…
Known and Knowing
Tap. Tap. Tap. What on earth was that? I looked up. Missy was coming, carrying, vertically, the feather duster. The feathers completely obscured her face, the handle gently struck the floor as she walked, straddling it. Tap. Tap. Tap. Carefully she negotiated the step into the kitchen. Then, with great deliberation, she laid her burden…
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Notes & Quotes
King’s birth name was Michael. His father, inspired by the German Reformer, changed both their names. The boy was 5 years old. “You will change your mind; You will change your looks; You will change your smile, laugh, and ways but no matter what you change, you will always be you.” He skipped 9th and…
Remember:
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Dale Carnegie
Psalm 9
I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart. I will tell about the wonderful things you have done.2 You make me happy, so I will rejoice in you. God Most High, I praise your name. 9 Many people are suffering— crushed by the weight of their troubles.But the Lord is a refuge for them, a safe place they can run…
I Can’t
As I woke I knew it was going to be a “crashy” day. I was exhausted, unable to keep my eyes open. “I can’t,” I said to God, sadly. A thought came: “I can’t, You never said I could. You can, You always said You would.” I went online to search for that quote. W….