Last week, I posted about remembering again how most people think of the desert and the wilderness as places to be avoided, metaphorically speaking. Our songs and sermons focus on getting out of the dry places, or at least…
Defender
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a rather large conference. The worship leaders were world-renowned, and I was excited to worship with them. It was a great experience; and I had a lot of fun as well as…
We Don’t Always Have a Map
I try to prepare for hikes. Before we leave home, I’ll try to have a trail description, a map, if possible, and better yet, to have the necessary maps downloaded on my GPS. But sometimes I forget, or I think…
Experience Brings Us Closer
As we traipse across America on our cross-continent adventures, we find a wide variety of scenery. There is the Midwest with its green farmland. There are the Great Plains, nearly flat for as far as the eye can see, waving…
God is Constant
I wrote last week about how the variety we see in scenery shows us the infinite mind of the Creator of the universe. Because we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) we have access to His infinite creativity,…
Infinite Creativity with Mind of Christ
One of the great things about living in a country as large and as varied as America is that I have access to so many different landscapes. There are low mountains – I’d call those hills – tall peaks, rocky…
Rest is Hope
The past few weeks I’ve been talking about finding rest and quietness for our hearts in the wilderness, then sustaining that rest and quietness once we return to our normal lives. The Israelites were in the wilderness, but they did…
Rest in the Wilderness
As I talked about last week, part of the reason God brings us into the wilderness is to help us still our hearts of all the distractions around us. There is a beauty in a still heart to God. Peter…
Be Still!
I believe that one of the reasons God takes His people out into the wilderness is to get them away from the distractions around them. In the time of the Old Testament, the distractions were real: if you didn’t work,…
Just Do It!
A couple weeks ago, I posted about God asking us what we want to do – because He wants us to choose, and then He will be with us in following through on our decision. It’s a new reality of…