The noise rages. The incessant, demanding accusations and bleating look to shake and drive him insane. How does he keep going? He goes to those places in his mind. Places where he rests in the presence of the Holy One. Places where he remembers forgiveness, redemption and restoration. Places where he revels in purpose and […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: There Are PlacesThey woke Him up from His sleep to pester Him about the small matter of possibly getting drowned by the storms. When He sorted the situation out, He looked at them and said out loud if these fellas were still lacking in faith. It’s a remarkable statement to make. Remarkable because I’m not sure how […]
Read More He Expects FaithIt wasn’t long after the disciples were getting over Jesus dealing with the storms on the outside, that they witnessed Jesus dealing with storms on the inside. The man could not be tamed. He could not be shackled. His home was among the dead and his reputation was known throughout the area. One of those […]
Read More Storms Inside and OutThe storms in life can truly be raging. It can get to the point where you don’t know if you’re going to make it. You can be hanging on for dear life to anything that will hold you as you’re buffeting one way and the other. Bills blowing on the one side. Relationship challenges whipping […]
Read More Calming the Storm – To Get Across‘On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” ‘ Mark 4:35 Hindsight really is a wonderful thing. One of the things about hindsight, though, is seeing where the clues where there to ensure we didn’t have to go through with that degree of anxiety […]
Read More He Did Say We’re Going AcrossThe clouds looked ominous, but we had already set out. For all that, the way things turned was alarmingly swift and brutal. Waves turned into mighty crashing hands set on destroying the boat. Winds howled with menace threatening to drive us over or capsize the entire thing. We could hardly hear each other, but the […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: The StormWhen you go through the storm it can appear at times to be a besetting norm. In the thick of it sometimes it feels relentless. It’s not unreasonable to question if it will ever end. This is why there is the consolation of knowing that the trouble won’t last always. Not in the glib sense […]
Read More At The End Of A StormThere can be something rather proud and obnoxious about the head held high. It can in some settings give the impression of superiority. Yet there are times in life, especially when the storms are raging in particular where the head held high is not just about defiance, it’s about looking up in hope. It’s about […]
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