I was in the bathroom shaving and making sure I didn’t miss any spots. I sprayed come cologne, put some gel on my new haircut and was ready to take on the past. That old, familiar chaotic excitement was back for one night. We didn’t turn the clocks back one […]
He was nonverbal and didn’t have any teeth, but he was still able to communicate. Mentally, he was only 3. Physically, he was 60. He must’ve thought he was over 100 because everytime we celebrated somebody’s birthday, he thought it was his birthday that we were celebrating. He moved in […]
He’s a little bit different, he’s a little bit weird He’s a little naïve, but he’s really sincere He’s a little bit awkward, and a little bit shy He can’t find the words, but he’s a really good guy He sees her in the distance, he can’t look away She […]
May 22, 2007. That was the day things would change. It was the day of the NBA draft lottery where the order of the upcoming draft would be determined. As a miserable Celtics fan, I looked forward to this day for so long. They had been atrocious for the last […]
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. – 1 Corinthains 13:7 Something that is becoming more and more clear to me is this: Love hangs on. It perseveres and continues. It never gives up. The reason love doesn’t give up is because it is […]
Fear not now, fear not now Hear what I’m saying to you You can trust now, let your guard down Let my love embrace you (Shaded Red) “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither […]
I came across this interesting story from 1 Samuel 5:1-5 today: “After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon. When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was […]
Is God stern and angry, or warm and kind? In a sense, He is both. He is a father who delights in His child, so He therefore disciplines His child with a rebuke (Proverbs 3:11-12). Another contemporary image is the oncologist. He is a cancer specialist who will do anything to destroy that which destroys. He will surgically cut away flesh; He will burn out cells through radiation; and He will poison them with chemotherapy. The treatment is, at times, brutal and appears cruel, but the result is profoundly life-changing and lovely. Discipline, though it often feels like a judgment that exiles and abandons us, is a labor of love that beautifies the heart through the disruptive touch of a severe mercy.
– Dan Allender, Bold Love
