Being Content In Plenty
Have you ever read a passage in the Bible a hundred times and realize you missed half the point? This happened to me, again, this morning.
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I’m Sorry I
Here are the hardest two-and-a-half words for me to say: “I’m sorry.” Well, that’s not entirely true. I say “I’m sorry” quickly. But I find it hard to say “I’m sorry” and actually mean it.
Continue →An Update in Thoughts
Four weeks have passed since I last wrote. I suppose that is what new babies can sometimes do. Here is what I have been learning since we last connected.
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We just passed the one year anniversary of Crave Something More, and as I reflect on the past year, I am deeply grateful to God for His faithfulness in my life.
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The UPS man has been coming to our door a good deal lately. I’m not sure why. Perhaps we’ve been ordering more than usual during this season as we prepare for our first home. Perhaps there has just been a confluence of gifts from friends and family as we prepare for our first child. Whatever the reason, it seems he’s here on almost a daily basis.
Continue →The Seeking of Fame: God’s, Not Ours
At this past weekend’s Desiring God National Conference, Sam Storms and Justin Taylor introduced a book that was written in secret, in honor of a man, as a means to proclaim the fame of God’s name. This book, For the Fame of God’s Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper, was well conceived and well received, as would be fitting for a man and a community of people who are enraptured by the supremacy of God in all things and the fame of His glorious name among the nations.
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I love my dog. She’s small, annoying, cute, hops like a deer when excited, the perfect lap dog when she’s tired, and a brand new swimmer. I know I’m probably misusing the word “love” here, that we don’t really understand what we’re saying when we say we love hamburgers, our wives, God, and our dogs. I know there are four kinds of love in Scripture. And that’s all good. But I still love my dog.
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I love questions, and I hope you love them as well. Questions are the ingredients of learning; if we ask them, we may find answers that season our minds, and our hearts, and our spirits in such a way that God and life can be savored more deeply. If we don’t ask questions, then we may find our taste buds soon become dull to the pleasures of life.
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