Monthly Archives: November 2011

We observe a man/woman and say, “Oh, they are so close… to being saved”.  We watch, we observe and we tally… how many acts of goodness have been added, what is the quality of those acts, with what sweetness are … Continue reading →

I really appreciate this song which describes a great exchange… my life for the Pearl… the Treasure which was predicated on the great exchange, Jesus Christ’s life for my sin; His death for my salvation…me, the fool, the thief. Indeed, … Continue reading →

CRAZY!  Crazy… stupid… shortsighted… foolish… forgetful… fleshly… these are words I can relate to in view of my repeated dalliances with sin and rebelliousness. Extreme dalliances?  No, those kind are often much easier to see and deal with… and so maybe ‘extreme’ … Continue reading →

Psalm 119 has been my morning reading this week, a little each day.  Verse 18 sunk its arrow in the kill zone again and then I came acoss an old post on this very verse from 2/2010.  It helps me … Continue reading →

And David danced before the LORD with all his might…. (2 Samuel 6:14 ESV) Sometimes there is no substitute for dancing before the LORD with abandon.  Good song, good video. Lyrics to Manifesto : We believe in the one true … Continue reading →

I always find it difficult to summarize my reading of a book, or for that matter an event… a movie… a sermon.  My thoughts and responses rarely settle down enough to capture until I’ve have time to rest with what … Continue reading →

“Oh to behold the Glory of Christ!  Here in would I live, here in would I die, here on would I dwell in my thoughts and my affections until all things here below become as dead and deformed things, and … Continue reading →

Severe gales of mercy have stirred a fading ember to resist Stoked by healthy measures of fueled grace, a flame flickers It is an eternal flame from  El Olam’s fire.

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Prov 4:23).  The pains which multitudes have taken in religion are but lost labour.  Like the Pharisees of old, they have been tithing annice, mint, … Continue reading →