Amazing Angels

Heaven is trembling in awe of Your wonders The kings and their kingdoms are standing amazed       Here in Your Presence   It’s not like there had been Christmas choir rehearsals in heaven – this was not part of the opening ceremonies for God’s arrival on planet Earth. This was a supernatural flash mob!  The angels were blown away by what God had done. By what He had become. How do you...

Sensing Faith

“With our eyes we see, with our ears we hear, with our fingers we can touch. With our nose we smell, with our mouth we taste, now thank you very much!” Barney’s 5 Senses song Psalm 34:8 says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good…”  And Charles Spurgeon opens his short essay on faith and the senses with: Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It...

It's All Good? No, It's All God's.

I Chron 29:11  “…everything in heaven and on earth is Yours.” All of it is God’s.  All of it. He has given us everything we need for life and godliness. He could not forget my need anymore that a mother could forget those of the nursing babe in her arms. We can say; “A tenth of all I have belongs to you.  You may have a tenth of all my money, a tenth of my time, a tenth of my talents.” We tithe...

All My Hope

Jesus Messiah, Name above all names Blessed Redeemer, Emmanuel Rescue for sinners, Ransom from heaven Jesus Messiah, Lord of all All our hope is in You All our hope is in You All the glory to you, Lord The light of the world Jesus Messiah, by Chris Tomlin All my hope is in You Not some, or most or even my religiously appropriate hopes My hope is not in government or political parties. My hope is not in my...

Naked and Not Ashamed

Will I remember you    with fondness or regret,    considering the time past and moments lost?   Our hearts walk so closely today, this day,    it seems our souls could never part. We know each other so very well   But time steps in,    and distance,    and life. We stave off the advances,    connecting "as if nothing ever changed"   But change advances nonetheless    a phone number, an...