You belong to me. Some are uncomfortable with that phrase. The possessive aspect sounds restrictive. It sounds like ownership. Nobody owns me, is the response to that. My parents didn’t raise me for someone else to “possess” me, is the reaction. I’m my own person, I can do what I want, is the retort to […]
Read More JJ24 #52: The Renewed Life – A People Redeemed(Reflections and notes on Ruth 3. To find out more about the series of Ruth Reflections, read this.) God loves it when a plan comes together. Everyone celebrates the goal, but sometimes what leads to the goal can be just as exciting. Indeed such is the interest in what leads to the goal that there is […]
Read More Ruth Reflections: 04 – The Set-Up for A Set-UpBeing new to the area, Craig was just settling into being a part of the regulars at the pub. Of all the people who frequented the local, it was Tom who intrigued him. Craig took the chance on one occasion and knew he gould get some time when he offered to pay for Tom’s tipple. […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Redeeming the Rogue (Part Two)The pub kept going because it had its regulars. Those regulars became accustomed to certain routines. Burt would come in complaining about how his wife was complaining about him going to work complaining. Sid would nod sagely for the first pint, but by the second pint, he’d get himself involved in a conversation as though […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Redeeming the Rogue (Part One)Naomi was on the scavenge. Sarah was the first one to notice. “Hey Sarah.” Naomi breezily said, still giving the impression of a woman on the move, “Do you have any of those containers we leave hanging around the kitchen? You know, like those used butter tubs and stuff. You got any you were going […]
Read More Don’t Throw It Away – It’s NeededRedeemed. I love it. There’s a hymn of the same title and it’s the epitome of the term ‘uplifting’. It’s a waltz kind of tune that I can literally imagine a little child being swung up by a parent and the child giggling at the fun of it. Even as the last line of the […]
Read More What The Redeemed Have To SayThe thing about redemption is that it screams out “there is hope!” Even in the worst situations where hope appears lost, the story of redemption says it’s worth holding out for hope. The theme of redemption is particularly something that means a lot to me. There are so many episodes in my life where I […]
Read More Themes I Love: RedemptionIt’s one thing to get this song in the system, it’s another to get the truth in your entire being to live it out and express it to those who are still chained down by the debt outstanding. It’s good news to share! For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
Read More DMCD Songs: Jesus Paid It All – Aaron KeyesMacbeth and Mike Tyson. What are the odds of reading a blog with both of these characters? Don’t go searching it would be a most thankless task. I watched the portrayal of Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart that was on BBC Four not that long ago. More4 also showed a film which was basically an extended […]
Read More The Truth vs. The TrueBut when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. (Galatians 4:4, 5) What is it to redeem? At birth you belong to your parents, without them you have […]
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