DAY 7 In Matthew 6, the disciples of Jesus ask Him to teach them to pray and He responds with what has become known as the Lord's Prayer. Task: Spend some minutes today focusing on this one line from the Lord's prayer Give us this day our daily bread, Think of the relationship implicit to this request: Trust Expectation Need Faithfulness Provision Father Abundance Hope Thankfulness Enough Take some moments to think about your life. [...]
wait, what it's only day 5 and i already don't want to write another one? i realised last nite that a huge danger of coming up with 40 days of Lent observance activities is the creativity of the idea usurping the actuality of the practical nature of the observance... wait, are you actually going to do that? that's a lot of thankfulness and gratitude you're calling the people to [in day 3's Lent Observance] two days [...]
i hope that you are continung to enjoy our observance of Lent - never too late, so if you just found this now, feel free to dive in and join with us as we try to slow things down a little and add some more meaning to these 40 days... DAY 4 Task: Look out the window until you find something of beauty you had not noticed before. if you have a camera [or a tablet, [...]
i hope that you are enjoying our observance of Lent and if you have just joined us - as some have - it is good to have you along - never to late to jump on this train and see where it goes. i read an excellent piece on Lent on Relevant Magazine today and if you have some time, give it a read. Zachary Perkins gives a broader definition and picture of the idea [...]
Father, as i sit outside on the cold step and try for a moment to be still and to focus on You i am reminded of the Truth that You are SO BIG and i am so very small it feels like there has been such a great distance between us You and me and I know for absolutely sure that none of that is because You have stepped away i have just felt lost [...]
Welcome to the Lent experience… it's not too late to join in... Each day for 40 days i will be posting a suggestion to give you an action or focus point or challenge for the day as we head towards Easter time and want to spend the time meaningfully by focusing more on who God is and what He did, learning to love people more deeply and slowing down from the busyness and caught-up-ness of [...]
Welcome to the Lent experience... Each day for 40 days i will be posting a suggestion to give you an action or focus point or challenge for the day as we head towards Easter time and want to spend the time meaningfully by focusing more on who God is and what He did, learning to love people more deeply and slowing down from the busyness and caught-up-ness of our day to day. If you are [...]
as i lie on my bed, i have an ash cross crudely drawn upon my forehead. i have never celebrated Lent before. and i don't intend to start now. at least i didn't. in fact last nite when our housemate Aaron announced that he was giving up coffee and liquor for Lent [just before having a tot of coffee liquer with us to see in his time of fasting] it was yet again for me [...]
This is a repost that Jess graciously allowed me to share - you can find the original over here and you can, and really should, consider following her blog, 'Jess in Process' - in this piece she talks about losing her four year old son, Henry, 14 months ago, to a brain tumour. FULL DISCLOSURE ***WARNING: GRAPHIC/DISTURBING CONTENT*** How have you been, Jess? I hear this from time to time. It’s been 14 months since my 4-year-old [...]
Verse 31 of Isaiah 40 is a well-known muchly quoted one: Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint. Which is great and has become a huge source of strength and encouragement... BUT if you skip the lead up into that verse you miss out on so much more: Isaiah 40.27-31 [...]