Posts from February 2018

There is No Fear in Love

There is no fear in love. I have admitted this before, but will do so again: I have always been afraid of the dark. It is irrational, of course (as are many fears). Yet it is reality for me. Simply put, I do not like total dark. My earliest memories confirm for me that I…

Blessing Beyond Measure

O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked. In ancient Judaism, there was a sincere belief that those who were “righteous”—those who followed the Law and who were good to others along the way—would experience the Lord’s favor. For…

Remember Whose We Are and Who We Are

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. I imagine many who are reading this stayed up Tuesday night to watch the State of the Union address (I did not, for what it is worth). Constitutionally speaking, the sitting president is required “from time to…