a better hope

Some things only God can do. We all get to a point in our walk with Him where we feel we can go no further. And then God constrains us to do just that. We can't fathom where we're headed or how to get there, but we take His hand and go.  I almost stopped writing here (as well as all my other blogs) recently because God wanted to deal with something in my heart and I felt it was such a big thing I couldn't imagine presenting my thoughts and ideas on Christianity while I was going through it. I felt I was doing Christianity all wrong, that I had disqualified myself from even speaking about it. It was a very humbling moment. I won't speak about that thing God is doing, but it cuts to the very heart of me. If you feel inclined to pray for this humble writer, he would appreciate it greatly.  Just think of all the solutions the world has for those things. A troubled mind. A broken heart. A rebellious spirit. They aren't solutions at all. They don't change anything. On...

Every Christian has been there. Maybe you're there now. I've been there. Maybe I'm there now, too. We all endure trials. I'm not talking about things that happen after we did something stupid. Those are consequences. That's just life. Trials are something ordained of God (and, of course, He can use our mistakes, as well) to teach us something. To refine or purify us for a future task. And other purposes. Anyway, Charles Stanley says it better than I do. I used to watch Charles when I was in high school on the little TV between the kitchen and dining room. He always made sense. Now he's 90 years old and still preaching. God bless that man. He blessed me many times over. It's a short video but I got a lot out of it.  One thing God mentioned to me a while back was I had a god in my heart that was getting in the way of our relationship. I thought it was something else. He made it very clear. The god in my heart was my independence and self-reliance. I was always...