Living on Purpose!
I think the best lives happen on purpose. When we live intentionally, other results than are anticipated can happen, but overall, I think that if we live without a plan we are more likely to fail that if we set life goals. Paul says this when he says we are to run the race with…
Is it worth it?!
Is it worth it? That is the question one of the Biola inter-term missionaries asked. When sick in a hospital in India, it is hard to wrap one’s mind around the idea that all the money and effort to go half way around the world to tell people about Jesus. But the pictures each team…
Longing for Water
Ps. 63 talks about longing after God and thirsting after God.  It strikes me in a fresh way when I think about the man who wrote it and his circumstances.  David, a man after God’s own heart, sinned and in the long term consequences he lost children, was driven from the kingdom and his home, and the…
Baby Steps to the Throne
Today I am pondering the idea that I am not even thirsty, even when I have not had anything to drink. I stand in the worship center on a Sunday morning and I hear the singing of favorite songs. I glance around the room and it seems that I am the only one who does…
Wells that don’t hold water
The thing about water is that I don’t crave it when I have only been filling myself with other things. When I use water as my main thirst quencher, the other things, like sodas, are tasty but they don’t quench thirst as well. I think that is true spiritually as well! When I am unsatisfied…
Thirst Day – Dehydration
Spiritual Dehydration Water helps our bodies in many ways. No surprise that when we are low on water we are dehydrated. Signs of dehydration include irritability, sleepiness, headaches, decrease in output and, of course, thirst. With severe dehydration the skin shrivels and shrinks. In worst case scenarios there can be blindness and death. Interestingly, spiritual…