Take a few moments to read Philippians chapter 4. It’s difficult to miss a theme running through it, isn’t it?
“I always pray with joy”, “because of this I rejoice”, “I will continue to rejoice”, “joy in the faith”, “make my joy complete”, “be glad and rejoice with me”, “rejoice in the Lord”… you get the point!
Philippians 4 caps it off with words to paint on the inside of our eyelids. “Rejoice in the Lord always.” When? Did he say always? Always? [Read more…]
Every spring when I see the perennial flowers bud in such vivid color against the bleak backdrop of my still overgrown flower bed I am swept with the realization that I just don’t deserve them. What have I done for these little gems of beauty over the past winter months?
Their internal clocks seem to be set for the time when it seems there is no hope for winter to ever end. In fact, the crocus find their way through the soil and often through the snow as if to be a reminder that the hope of spring is here. [Read more…]