You ever gone through something and just had to hold out hope that however tough things get, at the end of the day it won’t matter much? By that I mean, the end of the day is the cue for a brand new day. That brand new day is so promising, so filled with hope […]
Read More A Word of Hope: It Won’t MatterThis Psalm tells the issue of a person going through some real hardship. He doesn’t ease up with regaling how bad he is. He lays it on thick to give us the clear impression that if we think we have it bad, we ain’t seen nothing compared to his state of distress. The turning point […]
Read More Psalm 102: Favour for a ChangeSomething I love about the Psalms is when they get to do real talk. The first verse of this Psalm has inspired a song many Christians sing as a devotional to the Lord. How they long to worship Him and how He alone is the heart’s one desire. They are beautiful sentiments. Yet the wider […]
Read More Psalm 42 – When The Going Gets ToughThis is an interesting Psalm. Are you comfortable in the light of Jesus advising us to love our enemies and bless those who persecute us, reading a Psalm where the writer is a victim waiting to get well so he can see the comeuppance of those who mocked him while he was sick? While considering […]
Read More Psalm 41 – When You’re Sick And TiredTypically, Wednesday is the worst day of the week. No, not Monday, Wednesday. The reason why Wednesday wins the award is because it is in the middle of the week. It’s too far from the weekend gone and too far from the weekend coming. It is slap bang in the middle and so is a […]
Read More Psalm 39 – In The Middle of Going ThroughLike some of the Psalms that’s been covered so far, this one takes on the comparison between the light and dark of the relationship with God. Light is seen towards the end – just like the whole weeping enduring for the night and joy coming in the morning. That morning side is very clear as […]
Read More Psalm 22 – Where Were You When I Needed You?This is a sobering video to consider. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?There’s this way of thinking that I notice a few Christians have. How it operates is that whenever something horrific happens to them, they justify it in their minds in the same way that Joseph got over the betrayal of his brothers when he was sold to Egypt. When his brothers later on were a […]
Read More God With Us In Our Suffering: What If That’s All There Is?Paul encourages the church in Corinth something rather interesting. In 1 Corinthians 15:51 Paul says that not everyone will sleep but they shall all be changed. Of course that promise doesn’t mean much until we appreciate what we’re being changed from and we’re being changed to. The contrasts given are stunning – death to imperishable […]
Read More We Will All Be ChangedThe good news talks of a King establishing His Kingdom. When I consider kings and members of royalty there is usually something about them that makes them hard to connect with, because their personality and position makes them someone who can only be seen from afar. There is little personal connection and hardly anything to […]
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