One of the reasons why I love God is that He wants me to be honest. I know He wants me to be honest, because Psalms has verses like this. Sure, there is still the reassurance later on and knowledge that God will come through, but that is not glib or rote. That is coming […]
Read More Psalm 6 – It Ain’t Easy, Help Me OutIt’s worth appreciating something in its entirety. The whole meal, the whole book, all the song, the entire movie. Sometimes though it’s a riff in the song that grabs your attention. It’s the way the chicken is prepared that stirs the reaction. It’s that action sequence that puts the film on another level. Psalm 5 […]
Read More Psalm 5 – ExpectantWhat a difference a year makes. I was a very different person who wrote the first personal update on January 2nd 2016. Different in terms of my emotional wellbeing, my state of mind and what outlook I had on life. Today I type this in a better place. A better place in a lot of […]
Read More Dryden Update – January 2017December is usually a month of reflection. There was a great sense of that in looking back on the journey through the year. The decision to spend thirty days of Thanksgiving was also a great way to look back at the great things God has done. Yet December was lot more about the set up […]
Read More YIR16 – 12 – BeginningNovember was a great month, but not primarily because it was my birthday. In fact my birthday was one of the most innocuous and forgettable birthdays of my life. What was of far greater interest was the theme on the team. I was inspired to explore again how important team is to accomplishing goals. For […]
Read More YIR16 – 11 – That Team ThingIt is a privilege to write. It’s a privilege to write about the things you love. I love the privilege of being able to write about a lot of the things I love. Sure there’s faith and that informs a lot of what I write on this blog. There is somewhere else I do blogging, […]
Read More YIR16 – 10 – Celebrating Among FriendsSeptember was certainly a month dominated by fruit. Not as though I went on a fruit fast, but I might as well have done that for the focus I had on the matter. That degree of looking at the issue of fruit proved to be something that I benefited greatly from because it got me […]
Read More YIR16 – 09 – By Their FruitAsk and it shall be given. A very simple perspective Jesus encourages in the relationship between us as children to our Father. A simple principle that is easily forgotten when we don’t get what we want or when we have been brought up to do all the getting ourselves. The month of August brought me […]
Read More YIR16 – 08 – Being IntentionalLife teaches me more and more that it’s not good that I should be alone. And that solitude can be a remarkably good discipline to pursue. Apparently some streams of Christianity highlight solitude as an important spiritual discipline, which I still find a little odd. Prayer I can see, fasting I can definitely appreciate, but […]
Read More December Thanks #25: SolitudeThere is comfort in knowing what is going to happen and being fully prepared for it. There is a lot less comfort when things happen over which you have little to no control other than how you respond. July was a month of a set up. Things were taking place, God was giving me opportunities […]
Read More YIR 16 – 07 – Faith and Exploits
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