A while ago, I wrote down my favourite scriptures from the New Testament on blue notecards. I can’t remember exactly why, but it felt like a good thing at the time. Since we’re studying this scripture collection in church this year, it feels like just the right time to begin sharing them. I’ve shared two … Continue reading New Testament scripture faves
I was thinking the other night (after another experience feeling enlightened and purposeful and then losing that within a day or so) about how one of the reasons we need to ‘always remember’ Jesus Christ is because we forget, very quickly, all the good feelings, purposes, thoughts, etc. that we gain when studying the scriptures, … Continue reading Forgetting and remembering
Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting on the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life. And now, behold, … Continue reading The always-ness of ‘enduring to the end’
The desire to live for myself is strong; the view that time for myself (i.e. to do what I want, to have leisure) is my main goal and the necessities of all the kinds of work that come with life are irritations and incursions on this time. The way I usually see it is that … Continue reading Living for others
Romans 5:1-5 I’ve been going through a period in my life where difficulty seems to be the order of the day, and that period is being very sticky – sort of staying in that space and not really moving along from it. It’s really easy to feel hard-done-by, like I’m the only person experiencing life … Continue reading Grace in tribulation
Peaceable Treasures 